| TAKEOVERS | They gain control - grab them by the balls! (9) |
| CUES | Wizards of billiards come with their calls to the balls! (4) |
| LAPELS | A belligerent arguer may grab them |
| RESTRAINT | Gain control by taking a rest in the train (9) |
| OVERPROOF | Very strong evidence follows - balls! (9) |
| OVERCOMES | Gain control (9) |
| POWERGRAB | Quietly expresses pain, reversing boat around east pier in an attempt to gain control |
| MOVEDINON | Attempted to gain control of |
| TAKESOVER | Gains control, as batsman does when facing bowler (5,4) |
| OLDMAIDS | They may have been in service for a long time, but one never misses them, by the sound of it (3,5) |
| MISNAME | Revolutionary Siam men, call them by the wrong title (7) |
| SEPARATETHEMENFROMTHEBOYS | Take them by the nose and do this sorting? |
| SANDS | You may find them by the sea and on board ship |
| OVA | Eggs? Nothing against them by the acre! (3) |
| EGGS | You buy them by the dozen (4) |
| HARVESTERS | The more they cut down the more they gain (10) |
| SEPARATETHE | Take them by the nose and do this sorting? (8,3,3,4,3,4) |
| FIVEPIN | *Only target that can't be touched first by the ball, in bowling |
| DEFACED | Full-back beaten by the ball made to look bad |
| NETCORD | Strip of tape that can be clipped by the ball in tennis (3,4) |
