| VOLLEYED | Hit back before bouncing (8) |
| VOLLEY | Ball taken before bouncing, lovely shot! (6) |
| STOODAGAINST | Opposed in two ways, party hit back before elected |
| STOOD | Opposed in two ways, party hit back before elected (5,7) |
| AGAINST | Opposed in two ways, party hit back before elected (5,7) |
| BELOWPAR | Out of sorts, hit catching back of knee: hit back! |
| MARRIAGE | Union hit back with anger, one admitted (8) |
| MARATHON | Hit back at husband performing arduous task (8) |
| KNOBWOOD | Hit back and attract daughter to tree (8) |
| KNAPSACK | Carrier hit back with half the guns (8) |
| MARINARA | With a force, I hit back like sailors (8) |
| RETURNED | Hit back over the net, say (8) |
| APPARENT | Seeming to hit back during exercises held by social worker (8) |
| RESTORED | With time running out, hit back, getting top spot sewed up (8) |
| DOORKNOB | Entrance opener with doosra (goodbye SA!) and hit back (8) |
| PARLANCE | Hit back at fellow in a manner of speaking (8) |
| ANTIHERO | A Roman emperor has hit back - hardly a shining example (8) |
| VENDETTA | Cleric hit back, dismissing bishop in ongoing row |
| GOLFCLUB | Driver, say, hit back and forth? |
| MALDIVES | Islands hit back about poor accommodation |
