| ALANKNOTT | Wicketkeeper who effected a record 269 Test dismissals for England |
| OCEAN | Once a change is effected, a great deal of water appears (5) |
| NORMANS | They effected a Conquest (7) |
| UTHAPPA | Quick scoring batsman who has taken the most wicketkeeping dismissals for KKR over time, he now plays for the CSK |
| HAVERSACKS | Hum and haw over dismissals for carriers |
| KNOTT | Alan ---, record holder for most Test dismissals as a wicketkeeper for England |
| RODNEYMARSH | Australian wicketkeeper who died on the same day as 1A and who claimed 355 Test dismissals in his career |
| SHUBMANGILL | Cricketer who scored 269, the highest Test score by an Indian captain, in the second Test against England at Edgbaston, which he followed with 161 in the second innings (7,4) |
| MARSH | Rodney, Australian wicket-keeper who made 355 Test dismissals (5) |
| PAIR | Cricketing term for a batter's dismissal for a duck (score of zero) in both innings (4) |
| RIDLEY | West Indies keeper with 219 Test dismissals, ... Jacobs (6) |
| GILL | Surname of India's 25-yr-old Test captain who scored 269 & 161 at Edgbaston. (4) |
| BIKE | Equipment for Tadej Pogačar |
| DILI | An early dismissal for "51" at a renowned former Indonesian seaport |
| DIVA | An early dismissal for five by a distinguished female singer |
| EVANS | Godfrey, England Test wicketkeeper who set a slow scoring record against Australia in 1947 (5) |
| DILLEY | 1979 Test dismissal, Lillee c Willey b ... (6) |
| ASOKA | Emperor of India c. 269-232 BC who converted to Buddhism and elevated it to the official state religion (5) |
| NIKOLA | The NBA's Jokić or Vučević |
| LAKER | Anthony Davis once, or Luka Dončić now |
