| UNABATED | Girl played cricket half-heartedly, without loss of power |
| SOBER | One who cries half-heartedly without having a drink |
| BAREHANDED | Heard shaggy-haired beast and Solo act half-heartedly without weapons (10) |
| CRITIC | Reviewer sees it among crickets, half of which have gone (6) |
| MIDSEASON | Oceans divide a main in the field when cricket's half done (3-6) |
| ENTHUSIASM | Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of ___" Winston Churchill (10) |
| LOVEGAME | Tennis segment won without loss of a point |
| UNSLACKENING | Ensuing clank repaired without loss of speed (12) |
| BASIC | Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality. (5) |
| NASH | South Melbourne AFL Hall of Famer also played cricket for Australia (4) |
| BOWLED | Played cricket with hooter in part of garden (6) |
| ELECTRICBLANKET | Earl played cricket and netball, getting warmer (8,7) |
| HARMISON | Steve, English former fast bowler who played cricket for Durham and Yorkshire (8) |
| TEDDRAKE | Former Southampton and Arsenal centre forward who also played cricket for Hampshire |
| BATTLED | Played cricket admitting fifty struggled (7) |
| ESSEX | County for which Alastair Cook played cricket (5) |
| INSPECTOR | Quietly played cricket, say, outside, with some soldiers and a policeman |
| BEDSER | Alec and Eric -, twins who played cricket for Surrey (6) |
| WAUGH | Mark and Steve __, twins who played cricket for Australia (5) |
| HOGGARD | Matthew ___, right-arm fast bowler who played cricket for Yorkshire 1996-2009 (7) |
