| SENSATIONAL | Outstanding Kent citizen welcomes Surrey opener (11) |
| CONGREGATIONAL | County citizen welcomes King George, say, not 6 (14) |
| HASTY | Excessively fast bowler perhaps takes Surrey opener with closing volley? (5) |
| TEAL | Nick, Surrey opener, out for a duck (4) |
| SALVO | Shots of Surrey opener stir the Oval (5) |
| SWAGGER | Sign of overconfidence from Surrey opener with tail (7) |
| INFLAMED | Angry fieldsman fumbled, dropping Surrey opener |
| KEYS | Kent, Essex, Yorkshire and Surrey openers (4) |
| STOUTEST | Strongest Surrey opener's dismissed in cricket match (8) |
| SLEDGER | One putting off batsmen, by Surrey opener's accounts (7) |
| HOT | Exciting hit Surrey's opener unleashed |
| PROPER | Right do well after Surrey's opener dropped (6) |
| SLEDGE | In cricket, bait Surrey's opener, gaining large advantage (6) |
| SNAKED | Surrey's opener stripped and writhed |
| SLACKS | Surrey's opener doesn't have trousers! |
| SEDGEFIELD | Surrey opener finds the boundary of the pitch on premiership ground? (10) |
| SPACEMAN | Fast bowler going after Surrey's opener, he certainly needs a helmet! (8) |
| SCARECROW | Bother to boast after Surrey's opener is a fearsome presence in the field (9) |
| PASSKEYS | Speaks about taking the lead from Yorkshire and Surrey openers (4,4) |
| COUNTRYSIDE | Runs bagged by e.g. Surrey team in rustic area (11) |
