| ONEOFF | Unique European joins both cricket sides (3,3) |
| RAINBOWCONNECTION | 1979 Top 40 hit sung by Kermit the Frog ... and what you'll need to join both halves of this puzzle |
| ONOFF | Both cricket sides constantly interrupted (2-3) |
| OFFANDON | Now and then it's both cricket sides (3,3,2) |
| ONANDOFF | Both cricket sides appearing irregularly (2,3,3) |
| ESTEEM | Approval as European joins up (6) |
| EMERGE | Come out to make European join (6) |
| TAYLOR | English sportswoman who was the first to play in both cricket and football World Cups (5,6) |
| LEGION | Number one amongst cricket sides (6) |
| VICTOR | Champion versus international cricket sides gets nothing right (6) |
| OFFKEY | Cricket side's opener played badly (3-3) |
| LEGEND | Story of cricket side's demise (6) |
| LOOKON | Watch cricket side's first appearance |
| ONSHOW | Cricket side's method hardly secret? |
| INSECT | Perhaps cricket side's exhausted after batting then caught (6) |
| DUCHAMP | Heartless European joins a politician and a painter |
| ESTEEMED | Respected European joins up with journalist (8) |
| FOSSILFUEL | Possibly crude European joins (is full of s***, unfortunately) (6,4) |
| CLARE | English sportswoman who was the first to play in both cricket and football World Cups (5,6) |
| COMPTON | Denis, sportsman who, along with his brother Leslie, played both cricket for Middlesex and football for Arsenal (7) |
