### Clue: Distant object in game is your debt, according to the 26 of 9 1 across (4,9)
### Answer: FIVE FARTHINGS 
 ### Explanation: definition: referring to the lines 'You owe me FIVE FARTHINGS, say the BELLS of SAINT MARTINS'
 
FAR="Distant" + THING="object"; all in FIVES=a ball "game"