The clue is 'event beginning to obstruct corporation's handyman' I've got 'factotum' but I can't see what it's got to do with anything but handyman. Am I right?
the clue is 'severely afflicted man in cricketing area bowled over' I've got 'smitten' but I can't see what it's got to do with man or cricket, though of course smitten means 'bowled over' as it does...