Forcibly remove cricketer's mistake (9)
Times
Cryptic
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10 Across
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2025-07-28
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:
an overthrow is the outcome of a wayward throw, or, indeed, an accurate throw which is fumbled by the fielder attempting to gather it at the stumps, or indeed which inadvertently strikes a batsman or his bat. England were famously awarded one overthrow too many in the 2019 World Cup Final, after the ball had been diverted off Ben Stokes’s bat. Mythical stuff!