| DEANELGAR | Proteas captain after 28-across (4,5) |
| ADAMLAMBERT | Former "American Idol" contestant who played the Emcee in "Cabaret" after 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| CHUCKEDIN | After 28 maybe dine out, included at no extra cost |
| CONAN | TV host who recently retired from late-night after 28 years |
| PRETORIUS | Proteas medium-pace all-rounder, Dwaine ... (9) |
| FAFDUPLESSIS | Proteas captain until 2021 (3,2,7) |
| HANSIE | Proteas captain banned for life for match fixing in 2000, ... Cronje (6) |
| CRONJE | Proteas captain who died in a 2002 plane crash, Hansie ... (6) |
| ALVIN | West Indies captain after Clive Lloyd, ... Kallicharran (5) |
| AHAB | Captain after Moby-Dick |
| ARMBAND | Ring for captain after military briefly forbade broadcast |
| STEVESMITH | Test captain after Michael Clarke (5,5) |
| HAVOC | Chaos following last match. Captain after restrictive court order (5) |
| HOOK | Captain after Peter? * (4) |
| OARSMEN | Legendary captain, after retirement, recruits a disheartened rebellious crew (7) |
| MASUR | Davis Cup captain after Pat Rafter, Wally ... (5) |
| RICKYPONTING | Test captain after Steve Waugh (5,7) |
| SAURAV | India captain after Tendulkar, ... Ganguly (6) |
| ROHIT | India Test captain after Virat Kohli, ... Sharma (5) |
| ALASTAIRCOOK | England Test captain after Andrew Strauss (8,4) |
