| SPELLS | Magic formulae; consecutive overs with the same bowler in cricket; or, short periods of cold/dry weather (6) |
| THI | Wea. index |
| SHOWER | Wash or short period of rainfall (6) |
| OVERS | In cricket, groups of six legal deliveries bowled consecutively by the same bowler (5) |
| NOSEBLEEDS | Blondes repeatedly mixed up one effect of cold, dry air (10) |
| RICOTTA | Look up, eating half of cold dry cheese (7) |
| ALLEYOOP | Game manoeuvre where one bowls overs with power |
| INTERVAL | Meaning "space between ramparts", a break between acts of a play or sessions in cricket; or, the distance in pitch of notes (8) |
| RUN | Word for a gallop or jog that also means an upstream migration of salmon, a roulade, an enclosure for chickens, a score of one in cricket or a sequence of cards in one suit (3) |
| PADUP | What you need to do before going out (or is it in?) to face the bowler (in cricket) (3,2) |
| PAIR | Two playing cards of the same designation in a poker hand; another word for "spectacles" in cricket; or, a boat for two sweep rowers (4) |
| WICKET | Word for a small door in or near a larger one originally, later any gate; a loophole or grill; a box-office window; an arrangement of stumps and bails in cricket; or, a batter's innings (6) |
| SEMESTERS | Seems upset with short short periods of learning (9) |
| COFFEEBREAKS | Short periods of rest at work in which one has hot drinks (6,6) |
| CREEPER | A bird that runs or spirals up and down tree trunks; a daisy-cutter in cricket; or, a vine such as the clematis, periwinkle or woodbine |
| BYE | A side issue/incidental matter; a free pass to a tournament's next round by virtue of having no opponent; a type of extra in cricket; or, an informal way of saying "farewell, toodle-pip" (3) |
| EQUATION | Chemical___ is a short hand expression of an actual chemical reaction with the help of symbols and formulae (8) |
| MOVEMENTS | Mechanisms in clocks have briefly to divide short periods of time (9) |
| NANOSECONDS | One thousand millionth parts of very short periods of time |
| LULLS | Short periods of calm or diminished activity (5) |
