| NIGHTWATCHMAN | Tail-ender sent in to bat when a wicket falls close to the end of a day's play |
| DROPSHOT | A stroke in tennis in which the ball falls close to the net immediately after clearing it (4-4) |
| OVERSAW | Watched attentively as a wicket falls after spells of bowling (7) |
| SOSA | Sammy. . . , Chicago Cubs baseball player found to have used an illegal cork-filled bat when it broke during a match in 2003 (4) |
| SWEETSPOT | Best point of racket or bat when hitting the ball (5,4) |
| TABOO | Return bat when consecutive ducks are barred (5) |
| STUMPS | Tortillons used for softening hard edges or blending tones in works of art created with chalk, charcoal, Conte crayon, pastel or pencil; or, the end of a day's play in cricket (6) |
| FINNISHLINE | "We're getting close to the end as the car from Helsinki leads the way to the ___!" |
| CHISWICK | Bridge in London close to the end of the Boat Race (8) |
| INSANDOUTS | Details of a day's play at Lord's? (3,3,4) |
| NEARFATAL | It's as close to the end as you could possibly get and within walking distance of a flat? Bizarre! (4-5) |
| AFINISH | Getting close to tennis player Marat is hard, close to the end (5,1,6) |
| NEARS | Getting close to tennis player Marat is hard, close to the end (5,1,6) |
| BAIT | I go in to bat at the end of the line (4) |
| HAREMPANTS | They fall close to the ground |
| INSERTING | 'Ad supplement' appearing in German describes one way of putting the opposition in to bat (9) |
| NIGH | Close to the end of the day, virtually (4) |
| CLOSINGPRICE | Value of a stockmarket share at the end of a day (7,5) |
| ABET | When the English go in to bat, out to help (4) |
| ANDSOTOBED | Line at the end of a day's diary |
