| OVEN | Where the batter goes |
| CAKEPAN | Where the batter goes |
| HOMERUN | Baseball hit where the batter makes an uninterrupted circuit of the bases (4,3) |
| HOME | Base where the batter stands |
| GRIDDLE | Where the batter warms up, say |
| HOMEBASE | Baseball plate where the batter stands (4,4) |
| OUT | Going deep again: If the batter just whacked the baseball over the heads of the fans and it keeps on flying, he's hit it ___ of the park |
| PITCHER | In baseball, the player on the fielding team who delivers the ball to the batter (7) |
| PATHUM | Identify the first name of the batter who scored the most runs in the two-test series in June 2025 between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. (6) |
| SIGHTSCREEN | In cricket, a large white panel set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batter in seeing the ball when it is bowled (5,6) |
| SAFE | It's what the umpire yells if the batter is lucky enough to get to first base before the ball does |
| WASTE | ___ a pitch (throw the ball in the dirt just to see if the batter chases it, say) |
| SLIP | Cricket fielding position behind the batter on the off side of the field (4) |
| LEGBEFOREWICKET | Type of dismissal in cricket in which the ball hits the batter's pads before the bat (3,6,6) |
| LEGBYES | In cricket, runs scored after the ball has hit the batter's lower limb or body, without touching the bat (3,4) |
| SWANG | What the batter in the boondocks did? |
| BASES | They might be "loaded" when the batter steps to the plate |
| CATCHER | Part of the mower was behind the batter (7) |
| BIRETTA | I get the batter out and it goes to my head (7) |
| CATCH | Get the batter out for fish of the day (5) |
