| HATSTAND | Holds the nightcap perhaps for bowler at the side of the pitch (8) |
| HEADGEAR | Nightcap, perhaps, for acid-user anticipating stash of drugs (8) |
| GOODWOOD | Applause for bowler at place to race (8) |
| FOURTH | ____ official, one in football who assists the referee from the side of the pitch (6) |
| LARWOOD | Harold ---, England fast bowler at the centre of the Bodyline controversy |
| ASKEDUP | Suggested a nightcap, perhaps |
| OPERAHATS | Given Falstaff's nightcaps, perhaps, they collapse in the foyer! (5,4) |
| ABUTMENT | Provides support at The Bridge for the brassy player backing up the lads in the middle of the pitch (8) |
| OUTFIELD | It's the wrong area of the pitch for baseball players (8) |
| BRAKEPAD | Sounds like bowler at Lords is out to damage the batman's gear - that'll cause a squeal if asked to |
| FIRSTTEE | Opening of course that cuts it for bowler? (5,3) |
| NINEPINS | Square leg initially significant for bowler's game (8) |
| OUTLINES | Sketches the boundaries of the pitch (8) |
| COSYCHAT | Warm and cold for bowler? Need to talk over this intimately! (4,4) |
| FIELDDAY | Time for bowlers to be bowling when troops are on display? (5-3) |
| HATCHECK | Devise barbecue site after opening place for bowlers (3,5) |
| HATRACKS | Nightcap in the snooker hall for the bowlers? (3,5) |
| HOTTODDY | From the Hindi for "palmyra juice", a traditional drink of whisky with boiled water, honey, lemon and spices prepared as an old-fashioned cold remedy or warming nightcap (3,5) |
| BLUEBELL | A cuckoo's boot, fairy flower, lady's nightcap, witch's thimble or wood hyacinth in the genus Hyacinthoides, formerly Endymion (8) |
| CHATROOM | Cold nightcap, for instance, from kitchen is a talking point (4,4) |
