| AFORE | Prior to a boundary score, one might say |
| WRAPUP | Conclude with expected score, one might infer? (4,2) |
| HEDGE | Avoid commitment to a boundary |
| HOP | A spring on one foot over a scotch, a twig or prior to a skip and a jump (3) |
| PREP | British slang for a boarder's banco, homework or toytime; groundwork generally; a private primary school; or, a horse race prior to a major one (4) |
| RAVINE | Gully moving near to restrict boundary score (6) |
| HUDDLE | A dense crowd or jumble; an impromptu secret conference; a close gathering of strategising sports players prior to a game; or, a group of penguins or walruses (6) |
| FOUR | Boundary score in cricket (4) |
| TWENTYONE | A score prior to a game (6-3) |
| CASE | What you do to a joint prior to a heist |
| NINETEEN | One-under - a score one added to rounds on a golf course? (8) |
| OYEZ | From the Old French for "hear ye", one of a town crier's three calls for attention prior to a proclamation (4) |
| MEET | An assembly of horses, hounds and hunters prior to a chase; a swimming gala or other athletic event; or, a mathematical intersection (4) |
| CONTOUR | Outline to read prior to a journey |
| CUTLASS | A weapon lowered prior to a miss |
| STIRRUP | ___ Cup, drink offered to horseriders prior to a foxhunt (7) |
| CRATES | A hundred right prior to a setback with packing boxes (6) |
| EAGLE | Bird of prey used to describe a golfer's score one better than a birdie (5) |
| TALLYHO | Score one for the foxhunters. Oh, to return to it! (5-2) |
| ALLCLEAR | Field umpire's signal issued prior to a goal umpire's verdict regarding a possible scoring shot (3,5 |
