| SWEETEST | Most appealing as wicket falls in eg London cricket match |
| LOOSEST | Most appealing, as casino slots |
| CRASHMATS | Thick padded floor covers to cushion a landing or fall in e.g. gymnastics or judo (5,4) |
| INNINGS | Money made off bookie when wicket falls in this? |
| EWOK | Return of the Jedi creature such as Wicket W. Warrick |
| DECLARE | In cricket, close an innings before the tenth wicket falls (7) |
| OVERSAW | Watched attentively as a wicket falls after spells of bowling (7) |
| ART | Expression, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful or appealing, as in artemisia and heartsease (3) |
| AROAD | Transport link connecting, eg, London and Edinburgh |
| WORETHIN | Grew less appealing, as an argument |
| GREWON | Became more appealing as matured (4,2) |
| LOWCUT | Jersey's sound? Mostly appealing, as are some blouses |
| OVAL | The ___ , London cricket ground that staged England's first international football match in 1870 (4) |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | Tail-ender sent in to bat when a wicket falls close to the end of a day's play |
| ANDERSON | English bowler moves around leg - wicket falls! (8) |
| OUTLAST | Survive until tenth wicket falls (7) |
| CALLOUT | Shout when the last wicket falls at 100 (4,3) |
| CITY | Eg, London, Coventry |
| THEOVAL | Which London cricket ground is the home of the Surrey County Cricket Club? (3,4) |
| CUTEST | Most appealing version of film is in French (6) |
