BCC November 2025

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Across
  1. 4. Fielder in a wicket at the end (5)
  2. 5. A batsman and a bowler I am (6)
  3. 7. Defeat by a run and a wicket (4)
  4. 8. Rally for this bowler? (8)
  5. 12. Cricketer’s second ball gets wicket – England’s opener caught in both hands (6)
  6. 14. Follow-on and win (7)
  7. 16. Party for everyone following a wicket (4)
  8. 18. Fielder on the dot (5)
  9. 19. Defeat by a wicket and a single (6)
  10. 21. Cricketeer, first to purchase excellent hat (4 6)
  11. 22. Constricted by a wicket that is sloped (7)
  12. 23. Fielder providing very good support (4,3)
  13. 24. Become exhausted and so lose the wicket (3,3)
Down
  1. 1. Man of the match? (5)
  2. 2. Turn right and develop (7)
  3. 3. Baffled by a wicket (7)
  4. 6. Container not properly closed (4)
  5. 9. New York Times hack is shot (6,3)
  6. 10. Trial inspection (4)
  7. 11. Pacer keeps accumulating (7)
  8. 13. Mood swing can lead to disaster (4)
  9. 15. Bradman's famous duck (6)
  10. 17. West Indian Collector (6)
  11. 20. Approach ladder then where to go? (3,2)