| SHORTSTOP | Fielding position between second and third base in baseball (9) |
| HOTCORNER | Third base, in baseball lingo, or one of four in this puzzle |
| SHORT | Position between second and third, informally |
| SLIDEPAST | Overshoot, as a base, in baseball |
| MIDSTREAM | Central position between river banks (9) |
| GOHALFWAY | To compromise take up a position between two points (2,7) |
| HOTCWALL | Third base, in baseball lingo |
| SHORTS | Person between second and third |
| GULLY | In cricket, fielding position between the slips and point (5) |
| OUTFIELD | In baseball, the area of the playing field beyond the lines connecting first, second, and third bases (8) |
| THETABLEISSET | "First, second, and third base all have runners on them" |
| INFIELDGOAL | Covering first, second and third base? |
| COVER | Cricket fielding position between mid-off and deep cover (5) |
| EXTRA | Cricket fielding position between mid-off and deep cover (5) |
| LAHORE | City dwelling between second and sixth in scale(6) |
| LOADED | Runners on first, second and third, ... bases (6) |
| LOAD | Put runners on first, second and third bases |
| ELEVATE | Raise the Spanish tax between second and fifth of September (7) |
| SCHISM | Split Greek letters between seconds and minutes (6) |
| CAUGHTOFFBASE | Stuck between 2nd and 3rd, say |
