| POLITBURO | Drunk bowled in to serve old committee |
| DOGWATCH | Act on grand old committee, having a short spell on board |
| IGNITIONS | I sign in to serve starters (9) |
| DISHONEST | Serve old home, unlike faithful servant? (9) |
| PRESSGANG | One could have made you serve old workers in Fleet Street |
| WIMBLEDON | Maiden bowled in matches here? Unlikely! (9) |
| TREBUCHET | Old slinger, English, bowled in windy Utrecht |
| SOBEREDUP | Dried out? Bowled in almost drunk before party! |
| OFFCUTTER | Type of delivery bowled in cricket in which the ball, after hitting the pitch, moves into the batsma |
| OVERRATES | Puts too much emphasis on how often balls are bowled in cricket match (9) |
| TESTTUBES | Bowled in cricket match over one day: they might hold solution (4,5) |
| RESOLVED | Determined to serve old cocktail (8) |
| ATTHEEND | Finally, he gets in to serve |
| TAKA | Ready in Bangladesh, volunteers serve old |
| OBSERVABLE | Bowled in wayward overs - bowled when in drink, as can be seen |
| MAIDENOVER | In cricket, a set of six balls bowled in succession in which no runs are scored (6,4) |
| ATBEST | Bowled in a cricket match in most favourable conditions |
| LEGBYES | Openers in England game bowled - in fact getting under fifty runs |
| YORKER | A ball bowled in cricket designed to pass under the bat (6) |
| LOB | In cricket, a ball bowled in a slow high arc (3) |
