| LAVENDERHILLMOB | Hold ball? Never! I'm dispersing these so-called musicians(8,4,3) |
| DANCEFORJOY | Happy girl holds ball? (5,3,3) |
| LOCKERS | Organising these so clerk might use them to store valuables |
| HOISTS | Derrick is one of these, so this could indicate (6) |
| IMALLRIGHTJACK | Maiden secured by one fairly good ball - never mind the others |
| REFOCUSSED | Match official swore to hold ball, having changed viewpoint (10) |
| FIELD | Hold ball for hunt followers |
| NOSEGAYS | Most of posy ages once picked up? It'd be useless for these then (8) |
| LOTTO | Game with balls never handled by those who play |
| BUBBLES | Super soapy rhyme time: If you've ever blown these and then watched them float by, you know can't catch one, no matter how hard you try. What are they? |
| ABSTAINERS | A surgeon imbibing retsina, perhaps? Not one of these, then |
| FLOATER | Raft with hole initially lost at sea - not one of these then? (7) |
| YOUMUSTBEJOKING | Girl's opening statement on meeting Martin Luther? Never! |
| WHENHELLFREEZES | Might Beelzebub get his skates on then? Never! (4,4,7,4) (See 22D) |
| SPENCERPERCEVAL | PM shot - awful creep claps? Never! |
| ESTONIAN | European playing tennis, holds ball to win ace (8) |
| HOPSCOTCH | Hewlett-Packard holds ball with Glaswegian church for kid's activity (9) |
| SKEINS | Ask Einstein to hold balls of wool (6) |
| TEES | They hold balls |
| EASYTERMS | Hard Times? Never! Never-never! |
