| GOOCH | Record-holding test cricket run scorer, Graham _ (5) |
| ROOT | English cricketer who recently surpassed Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid in Test cricket runs. (Last name) (4) |
| MORALISERS | As mean people holding test, they're judgmental about others (10) |
| MORALISER | Mean person holding test, judge of what's right and wrong |
| ORAL | Tutor always holding test |
| EXTRA | In addition to cricket run (5) |
| RAHUL | Fourth-highest Test run-scorer, ... Dravid (5) |
| ECTRA | Actor used for background scenes; a cricket run such as a no-ball or leg bye; or, a special edition of a newspaper with news deemed too important to hold until the next print mn (5) |
| DUTEE | National record-holding Indian women sprinter. (5) |
| USAIN | World record-holding runner, _ Bolt (5) |
| ROGER | Record-holding tennis player, _ Federer (5) |
| ELLEN | Former world record- holding yachtswoman, _ MacArthur (5) |
| ELGAR | Leg breaks getting on top of a run scorer (5) |
| MALAN | Trent Rockets batter; men's top run scorer in The Hundred, 2022 (5) |
| DAWID | Trent Rockets batter; men's top run scorer in The Hundred, 2022 (5) |
| HODGE | Victoria's top Sheffield Shield run-scorer with 10,474, Brad ... (5) |
| ALPHA | Top record-holding Norwegian band |
| MARSH | Leading run scorer for the Kings XI Punjab, he was also Orange Cap holder in the inaugural IPL in 2008 |
| MORGAN | Eoin ..., Dublin-born cricketer; record-holding run-scorer for England in ODIS (6) |
| DRAVID | Rahul ---, former Indian cricket captain, the fourthhighest run scorer in Test cricket (6) |
