### Clue: Scores are reportedly lower for Ashes holders (4)
### Answer: URNS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: lower for Ashes holders
 **Homophone of**(… are reportedly) "earns"(scores/gains, eg. points).
Defn: I presume that "lower" signifies it is "ashes" (in lower case letters, the remains after a cremation) that is refered to, rather than the Ashes trophy fought for in the cricket Test match series between England and Australia.  But that may be a wrong presumption.**
*{See comments below for the parsing.}