| TAKEOVER | How bowler may be told to make a bid (8) |
| ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | How bowler may be lost without thinking? (2,3,4,2,1,3) |
| YORK | How bowler may deliver ball where Minster is (4) |
| LEMONADE | What you are told to make if life gives you a certain fruit (8) |
| TENDERER | With quite a few diamonds and two queens, I'll make a bid |
| BADHABIT | Smoking, say? Make a bid for a bath! (3,5) |
| BREAKOUT | Make a bid for freedom, as the rash may suddenly do (5,3) |
| HATSTAND | Unselected bowlers may get a place on one |
| HATRACKS | Bowlers may get hooked on them (8) |
| HEARSAY | Be told to make a statement on the gossip (7) |
| WHITELIE | Well-meaning untruth that may be told while tie is knotted (5,3) |
| AISLE | I will be told to make my way to the altar (5) |
| SPINNER | A bowler may be out to catch mackerel (7) |
| TONE | A kid may be told to watch it, especially by a parent |
| BRUSHASIDE | Rushes to make a bid, only to dismiss airily (5,5) |
| APPARENTLY | I'm told to make a request about a lease |
| LEARN | Be told to make money after lady (5) |
| EASY | Men may be told to stand thus for a piece of cake |
| MARK | See what a footballer may be told to do (4) |
| FIREMAN | He may be told to go to blazes (7) |
