| WILLDO | Mahmood's last in bat, with one wicket remaining, giving a nod of readiness |
| LITIGATE | Sue came down to earth with one wicket (8) |
| ROSE | "...and giving a nod, up the chimney he ___" |
| PEZ | Candy dispensed with a "nod" of the head |
| YES | What a nod of the head might indicate |
| ISEE | Verbal equivalent to a nod of the head |
| RACKET | A bat with a netted frame, used to strike the ball in tennis (6) |
| WICKETMAIDEN | In cricket, an over in which no runs are conceded and at least one wicket is taken |
| CRICKETER | A bit chirpy? Then I hesitate to put him in bat! (9) |
| ROUNDERS | Go about with some hesitation in bat-and-ball game (8) |
| RACQUET | Bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used in badminton, and squash. (7) |
| NOCTULE | A large golden-brown bat with long, slender ears, rounded wings and a short muzzle (7) |
| FLYING | ____ fox, huge bat with a large wingspan found in Australasia and Africa (6) |
| PACE | Lit. in peace, polite scholar's nod of disagreement |
| STANDBY | A locum, fill-in, relief, reserve, supply, understudy or other substitute in a state of readiness; or, the sleep mode on an electronic device (5-2) |
| TURBAN | Run out when in bat, he had to put it on! (6) |
| BAIT | I catch a bat with a lure (4) |
| DINGBAT | Director general rings in to bat with eccentric person (7) |
| BARBASTELLE | Eurasian bat with a short nose, small eyes and wide ears (11) |
| DAUBENTONS | Bat on dunes confused for bat with big feet! (10) |
