Guardian Prize

[Orthrus]

Choice of brew after first love gets promoted (6) O-T___
Court calls solely for judges (4,6)F___/F_U_T
Knackered, as Cook was before last Test innings (7,3) _T_P_E_/O_T

This isn't my best morning.

[dannyk13]

Option

[Toorak]

Option
Foot faults
Clapped out

[elliemay1]

Option

[sedge47]

1) Option (potion with first O moved to front)
3) Clapped out

[mallyh]

1 option?
2 foot fault
3 clapped out

[Orthrus]

Can someone parse any of those (and, indeed, why 15D is SMELL A RAT in the present Tense when the clue suggests it should be SMELT?)

[Toorak]

Potion - move first o to front
Solely (relating to foot) judges (faults)

For clapped out see

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45471951

Yes, it should have been be suspicious rather than was suspicious

[Orthrus]

OK.

Sport-related clues are a bit of a blind spot of mine.

[DiMo]

I see it as ‘smelt’ (past tense) around Lara (test cricketer)

[Toorak]

I saw smelt as something fishy (around Lara)