| PLACED | Set down when ran in the first three |
| GRUNTS | Throaty gruff noises when run in the GST |
| AGELIMIT | Regulation based on year of birth that sets down when one can no longer do something (3,5) |
| DANISH | Who scored 150+ runs in the first innings and 70+ runs in the second for Vidarbha in the Ranji final against Kerala? (6) |
| GILL | Surname of India's skipper who amassed 585 runs in the first two Tests by 06 Jul 2025. (4) |
| UNREPENTANT | Showing no remorse when ran up net twice in play |
| CARNAGE | Massacre when ran out and put in cage |
| SPARTAN | Luxurious? Not when ran past, alas! (7) |
| STORM | Alter ego of Ororo Iqadi T'Challa, nee Munroe, in the X-Men series, played by Halle Berry in the first three films |
| ZAK | This opening batter from England had a relatively poor series with the bat in the first three Tests of the ongoing series versus India. (3) |
| FOURTH | Wasn't in the first three leading U-turn in garrison hospital (6) |
| UNPLACED | Wasn't appointed to an office. In fact, wasn't in the first three (8) |
| STATHAM | Jason, English actor who played Frank Martin in the first three parts of the Transporter film franchise (7) |
| WELD | Former governor William who ran in the Republican presidential primaries in 2020 |
| ARRANGERS | Right, Reg ran in the state as others prepare for the outcome |
| DAMIAN | Actor Lewis, who starred in the first three seasons of |
| TAKEPLACE | Happen to finish in the first three (4,5) |
| EEL | Fish hidden in the first three letters of electricity |
| FISHBURNE | Actor who plays Morpheus in the first three Matrix films (9) |
| PLANETEARTH | *God (in the first three days) |