| MASSE | In billiards and snooker, a stroke made with an almost vertical cue to impart a sharp swerve to the cue ball (5) |
| SHEER | Very steep, having an almost vertical front (5) |
| VEER | Swerve to the side |
| CUT | In cricket, a stroke made with the bat in an almost horizontal position (3) |
| YAWS | Swerves to the side |
| KISS | To touch lightly another ball in passing in billiards and snooker (4) |
| CUE | Stick used in billiards and snooker |
| HOPS | Cone-like flowers of a twining hedgerow plant related to cannabis that are traditionally used in brewing to impart a bitter flavour to beer or hung in garlands around pubs (4) |
| SPIDER | In snooker, a rest with long legs, used to raise the cue above a ball (6) |
| BROWNING | A caramel-based ingredient traditionally used to impart a rich bistre-like colour to gravy; or, the process of toasting something (8) |
| SWEEP | Sail of a windmill; a form of rowing; or, in cricket, an attacking stroke made in a half-kneeling po |
| HAZARD | In billiards, a winning --- is a scoring stroke made when a ball other than the striker's is pocketed (6) |
| COLOURING | Dye, food additive or pigment used to impart a particular hue to cloth or icing; one's natural skin tone or complexion; a manner of applying paint; or, the inherent blue, green, indigo, violet etc of |
| FOREHANDS | Strokes made with the palm facing the stroke |
| SLICED | Hit a ball so as to impart a spin (6) |
| GREEN | What is the colour of billiards and snooker tables? (5) |
| TINGE | Impart a trace and get in a muddle with it (5) |
| ESCOLAR | Slender fish of the snake mackerel family with an almost uniformly dark brown body (7) |
| VANISH | Peter out to impart a more attractive appearance right away |
| CUEBALL | It is hit by billiards and snooker players (3,4) |
