| JTHEARNE | Middlesex and England bowler whose aggregate of 3061 first- class wickets is the greatest for any bowler of medium pace or above (1,1,6) |
| TRUEMAN | Fred, England cricketer who took 2,304 first-class wickets (7) |
| BRIANSTATHAM | England bowler whose best series figures were against South Africa in 1960 (5,7) |
| ARTHURCONANDOYLE | Detective fiction writer who dismissed W G Grace with his only first-class wicket |
| BACKSTOP | Supports high-class wicket-keeper (8) |
| DARRENGOUGH | Former Yorkshire, Essex and England bowler who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2005 |
| OLD | Chris --, Yorkshire, Warwickshire and England bowler (3) |
| UDAL | Shaun ___, Hampshire, and England bowler (4) |
| TRAFFIC | Word for the transportation of goods or passengers; the aggregate of vehicles moving on a highway; the passing to and fro of pedestrians; or, communication between people (7) |
| TREASON | "The last temptation is the greatest ___: to do the right deed for the wrong reason." (Murder in the Cathedral, T S Eliot) |
| CITY | "So if New York ___ is the greatest ___ on the globe, that makes me the greatest mayor on the globe": Eric Adams |
| ROCK | In geology, the naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals. Such aggregates constitute the basic unit of which the solid Earth is composed. (4) |
| ANGUSFRASER | Bowler whose "fivefer" in 1990 helped England win their first Test against the West Indies since 1974 |
| TUFNELL | Phil ......., retired Middlesex and England spin bowler (7) |
| ANGUS | Fraser, retired Middlesex and England fast bowler (5) |
| ALIAS | The greatest, for instance, had a second assumed name (5) |
| ALIQUOT | "I am the greatest" for one missing last part? |
| BOAST | Muhammad Ali's "I am the greatest," for one |
| ALECBEDSER | Knighted England swing bowler whose twin Eric also played first-class cricket |
| HEADLEY | Dean, England Test bowler whose father played for the West Indies (7) |
