| HITANDRUN | It's wrong to do it, but it's what a softball batter does (3-3-3) |
| OPENANDSHUTCASE | Customs may demand to do it, but it's hard to defend (4,3,4,4) |
| CRIMINAL | It's wrong to do what this person has done (8) |
| CHEERLESS | Gloomy, but it's what supporters do when the team's losing! (9) |
| BAT | What a softball player swings |
| RUNNINGOUTOFAIR | Don't hold your breath yet - but it's what we human balloons will soon be doing! (7,3,2,3) |
| NEEDSMUST | "I didn't want to do it, but I have no choice!" |
| DISAPPEAR | Said paper was wrong to do vanishing trick (9) |
| AVOIDABLE | They say it's what a matador does that could be missed (9) |
| INTRINSIC | Isn't in credit, one might put it, but it's inherent (9) |
| SHORTSTOP | Pants and blouse for a softball player (5,4) |
| HATETOSAY | Sting "I ___ it, but it's probably me" |
| PUNCHBALL | Drink before dance? It's what a boxer may have |
| MEANING | I'm intending to do it but is it significant? (7) |
| DARED | You ventured to do it but how I dread making the change! (5) |
| OBJECTOR | Conscientious ---, a person who refuses to serve in the armed forces because they think it is morally wrong to do so (8) |
| DISPROVE | Show it is wrong to do vipers out of it (8) |
| TURKEYTROT | Wrong to do a backflip after failure in dance (6,4) |
| NET | It's what a basketball has to go through for a player to score a point |
| BURGLE | A bugler would be wrong to do so (6) |
