| NIGHTLY | Often heroic, opener dismissed (7) |
| ROUNDED | Fully developed well-balanced opener dismissed (7) |
| HEMLINE | With opener dismissed, subject bagging duck on the rise, finding bottom edge (7) |
| LARKINS | Wayne ....... , England Test opener dismissed for a pair against West Indies in 1990 (7) |
| EVENOUT | Smooth opener dismissed! Three wickets left (4,3) |
| ADDEDUP | Ready to bat after opener dismissed? Seemed likely |
| FESTIVE | Celebratory showing of test, live, after openers dismissed (7) |
| ELBOW | Sharp turn - English opener dismissed, nothing included (5) |
| ITCH | Long cricket ground seeing opener dismissed (4) |
| NOTCHING | Scoring a century, retiring hurt, after opener dismissed |
| OODLES | With opener dismissed, more than one drawing lots (6) |
| HAT | Bowler maybe who gets opener dismissed |
| DEBT | First time out, useless opener dismissed - a liability? |
| INERT | Still batting forward, opener dismissed |
| IMITATION | Mockery made of shortcoming when opener dismissed (9) |
| LOTTO | Game, extremely tight after opener's dismissed |
| TESTAMENT | Tribute match at Lords? Complain when opener's dismissed |
| ERROR | Dread, once opener's dismissed, making mistake |
| RUSTY | Out of practice, strong opener's dismissed (5) |
| STOUTEST | Strongest Surrey opener's dismissed in cricket match (8) |
