| QUITS | Abandons game with one of the pieces missing? |
| FULLBOARD | Complete meal package, with no chess pieces missing? (4,5) |
| SAFARIJACKET | Beastly African cover-up of outing for the game with one of The Blazers (6,6) |
| DRAWBRIDGE | Charge back for game with one of those watery defenders used to closing things down (10) |
| ABITOFF | A small piece missing? That's unacceptable! (1,3,3) |
| QUIDDITCH | Ready to abandon game (9) |
| SARDINIA | In 2.6, the triumvirate (Caesar, Antony, and Lepidus) offer Pompey two pieces of land if he would "Rid all the sea of pirates" Name one of the pieces of land he is offered. |
| TRIGGERHAPPY | To be overly enthusiastic with one of the pieces could set off one of the Seven Dwarfs (7-5) |
| SLIDE | When we take our two kids to the large playground right in the centre of Countess Wear, they get excited about one of the pieces of playground apparatus in particular (2,3) |
| FRIEZE | The Scream is one of the pieces created by painter Edvard Munch in a series titled The ... of Life ( |
| CHEQUER | An old word for a chessboard; its pattern of alternating colours; or, one of the pieces used in draughts or in a game similar to halma (7) |
| BASIL | Mr D'Oliveira's son introduced to one of the pieces on top of the stumps (5) |
| BONE | One of the pieces forming the skeleton |
| SPOON | One of the pieces of cutlery forming or stored in a canteen (5) |
| KING | Crowned piece in draughts; the 13th playing card in a given suit; or, one of the pieces in shogi (4) |
| PAWN | One of the pieces in chess (4) |
| JACK | One of the pieces used in dibs; or, a male donkey (4) |
| ROOK | Fleece one of the piece in the corner (4) |
| TILE | Item such as an azulejo or a tessera; or, any one of the pieces used in Scrabble, mah-jong or dominoes (4) |
| SKIPPINGROPE | Plays game with one, omitting chord by the sound of it? |
