| NICKLEBY | Nicholas's edge, given initially leg bye, surprisingly |
| KNURL | Rough edge given to tools to make them easier to grip (5) |
| SENDON | Forward close in scrum initially, leg behind |
| ATFIRSTGLANCE | Initially leg can break, to the casual eye (2,5,6) |
| DRUG | Medication usually given initially by doctor (4) |
| OPTED | "Chose" - past tense given initially in dictionary |
| GLASSFUL | Amount of liquid given initially to girl with nasty flu |
| TANGLE | Name given initially in story as Fankle (6) |
| ECG | The heart test every casualty's given initially (1,1,1) |
| UPBRAID | Find fault with poor pub given initially robust support (7) |
| ECTRA | In cricket, a run scored from a bye, leg-bye, wide or no-ball (5) |
| EXTRA | Over yielding leg bye perhaps (5) |
| SAYONARA | Declare - Lara heading off after leg bye (8) |
| INVENTING | Given initially to Ted at the inn? You're making that up! (9) |
| RUNOFFONESFEET | Kept very busy with what should be a leg-bye? (3,3,4,4) |
| EXTRAS | Byes and leg byes in cricket (6) |
| TOALLAGOODNIGHT | St. Nicholas's farewell |
| TSARINA | Nicholas's wife under a terrible strain? No, getting over it |
| SNICK | Small cut of Nicholas's, tail-foremost (5) |
| BARI | Italian seaport that's home to Saint Nicholas's relics |
