| OVERSHOOT | Something very funny after spells of cricket go too far (9) |
| OVERSAW | Watched attentively as a wicket falls after spells of bowling (7) |
| OVERRUN | Elements of cricket go too far (7) |
| OVERSET | Disturbed spells of cricket and tennis |
| VACATIONS | Ain't so funny after hoover breaks (9) |
| OVERSHOT | Angry after spell of bowling was pitched wrong? |
| CUPIDITY | Greed I had after spell of prosperity in business community (8) |
| COMEDIES | Shows are funny, after climax one leaves finally (8) |
| SOURCREAM | Something very funny about 4's topping, a fermented dairy product (4,5) |
| OVERLORDS | Many a superior spell of cricket ... and where they may be seen (9) |
| OVERSTATE | Aggrandise Sri Lanka, say, after a brief spell of cricket |
| TESTDRIVE | Straight hit in international cricket - go for a run (4,5) |
| STRETCHER | Lie about returning after spell in prison (9) |
| DANIALVES | Brazil right-back who resigned for Barcelona for 2022 after spells at Juventus, PSG and Sao Paulo (4,5) |
| ABOUTTURN | Contrary progression from a couple of spells of illness |
| ROUNDSHOT | Missiles that make spells of fighting warm (9) |
| LIBERTIES | Consider, say, sailors' spells of leave ashore to be overfamiliar (4,9) |
| TIMEAFTER | Two spells of imprisonment, very often (4,5,4) |
| TURNABOUT | Two spells of illness, between which a complete shift |
| COLDSNAPS | Sudden, short spells of wintry, icy weather (4,5) |
