| SILLYPOINT | Dumb hint for the fielding position (5,5) |
| PRIMETIMES | Peak periods for TV, or a hint for the asterisked clues (5,5) |
| SHORTSTOP | In baseball, the fielding position to the left of second base viewed from the home plate (9) |
| MIDON | In cricket, the fielding position on the leg side closest to the bowler (3-2) |
| MIDOFF | In Cricket, the fielding position on the off side closest to the bowler (3-3) |
| FINELEG | In cricket, what is the fielding position on the leg side of the batsman, positioned to catch balls deflected off their pads? (4,3) |
| SEEOUT | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| ISEE | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| TEASEOUT | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| ENDIN | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| RAFTERS | Ceiling beams, or a three-word hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| TRITE | Banal, or a three-part hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| INKLING | Hint for the writer and long swimmer (7) |
| CLUELESS | Stupid hint for the French ship (8) |
| STIPENDS | Send round a hint for the parsons' salaries (8) |
| CUE | A hint for the snooker player? (3) |
| SHAPESHIFTING | Changeling's ability, and a hint for the circled letters |
| GOODTOKNOW | "Interesting fact!" ... and a hint for the ends of 18-, 31- and 46-Across |
| ITENDSWITHUS | Colleen Hoover novel, and a hint for the answer to each asterisked clue * (12) |
| DISMISSAL | Favorite time of the school day for some teachers and students, or a two-word hint for the answers to the starred clues |
