| ASHARDASNAILS | A broken piece on a mollusc’s very tough |
| SHARD | Archaically, a boundary water; dialectically, a gap; vernacularly, a broken piece, crock or scrap of pottery; or, zoologically, from a misunderstanding of Shakespeare, a beetle's elytron or wing case |
| POTSHERD | A broken piece of ceramic material, especially one found on an archaeological site (8) |
| OSTRACON | A broken piece of ceramic material used as a writing surface |
| SAUCER | Curse a broken piece of crockery (6) |
| CAM | The Granta in Cantabrigia upon which the May Bumps rowing races take place; a Scots word for blue-grey clay, pipeclay, a slate pencil or soft slate; or, from "comb, cogwheel", a rotating piece on a me |
| EPAULET | An ornamental shoulder piece on a coat, dress especially on a uniform |
| POSITION | One's mental attitude, point of view, social status or whereabouts; a yoga asana; a balletic foot stance; or, the configuration of pieces on a chessboard at any point in a game (8) |
| ESSAY | A prose piece on a specific subject |
| SHERD | Broken piece of a brittle artifact (var.) |
| EARSTUD | A rusted, broken piece of body jewellery (3,4) |
| GNOMON | A projecting piece on a sundial that shows the time by the position of its shadow (6) |
| TEARSTRIP | A perforated piece on a wrapper that can be pulled to allow opening (4,5) |
| HASP | Slotted hinged plate with a projecting piece on a suitcase (4) |
| ROOK | Piece on a corner square |
| URN | Piece on a pedestal |
| ORT | Piece on a plate |
| RAT | Game piece on a Stratego board |
| SCOUT | Game piece on a Stratego board |
| KEY | White or black piece on a piano |
