| FAF | Current opening batsman and star fielder du Plessis |
| MITIGATE | American university with current opening for moderate (8) |
| KOLNIDREI | Ron liked to alter current opening prayer for Yom Kippur eve (3,6) |
| LANCE | Six-time All-Star fielder Berkman |
| CECIL | Three-time baseball All-Star Fielder |
| GRADY | Three-time All-Star fielder Sizemore |
| AIRVENTS | Current openings, one accepted by servant possibly (3, 5) |
| RHYMERS | Conventional poets like Koos du Plessis and Casey Motsisi? (7) |
| RICHELIEU | Armand Jean du Plessis --, principal minister to Louis XIII (9) |
| CLARISSA | SA model, ... du Plessis |
| BISMARCK | Springboks hooker until 2015, ... du Plessis (8) |
| HEATHER | ___ Du Plessis-Allan, radio journalist (7) |
| MMA | Sport of the UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis |
| JOHNINVERARITY | '60s and '70s WA and Test batsman and 2011-14 Australian chair of selectors (4,10) |
| HUSSEY | Former batsman and current batting coach of the CSK |
| SIDDONS | Ex-Victoria and SA batsman and Bangladesh coach, Jamie ... (7) |
| LARA | Champion West Indies batsman and on-and-off team captain, Brian ... |
| CREASE | In cricket, any of the three whitewash lines (bowling, return and popping) that regulate the positions of the batsman and bowler (6) |
| DRAVID | Rahul ......, retired Indian Test batsman and captain (6) |
| CHRISGAYLE | West Indian batsman and former captain (5,5) |
