| INSPECT | Look at first of problem in cricket, say (7) |
| ROUBLES | Foreign money removes first of problems (7) |
| SCAN | Take a quick look at first of cases in hospital |
| LOB | Look at first of bodies - and throw up! |
| READY | Look at first of Yorkshires made beforehand |
| FOOTROT | Wrong order at first of rising problem in flock |
| EMINENT | Noted core of problem in entrance (7) |
| BUGBEAR | Pet hate of problem in IT support (7) |
| PINDOWN | Precisely define origin of problem in area of Northern Ireland (3,4) |
| ANNOYED | Irritated anyone at first of December? (7) |
| REGARDS | Looks at first of received grades curiously (7) |
| GOSPORT | Turn at cricket, say, in Hampshire town (7) |
| GHETTOS | Skirting hospital, arrive at first of such deprived areas |
| CHOPPER | One cuts start of county cricket, say (7) |
| TON | A score of 100 in cricket, say (3) |
| UNDERCUT | To hit a ball (in cricket, say) in such a way as to cause a backspin (8) |
| INTELLECT | Clever person, William, displacing No 3 in cricket, say (9) |
| INSTINCT | Impulse providing money for England's opener in cricket, say? |
| ORTHOPTERAN | On top and rather lively in cricket say |
| SPOT | Notice run overlooked in cricket, say |
