| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| OPENER | First batsman is key? | |
| PRICKING-UP | The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat. | |
| KEYNOTE | The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone. |