| JUMPTHEGUN | Attack the piece and get an unfair advantage (4,3,3) |
| EVIL | Like the villain of the piece (and the other way round) (4) |
| GOLDDUSTWOMAN | 1977 Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "pick up the pieces and go home": 3 wds. |
| KINGFISHER | Flier featuring chess piece and chess player, we hear? |
| LOADEDDICE | Very rich with diamonds - diamonds show unfair advantage |
| QUEUEJUMP | Signal heard to unexpectedly attack and gain an unfair advantage |
| HEADSTARTS | Death star's unfair advantages (4,6) |
| GERRYMANDERING | Division of the constituencies of a voting area to give one party an unfair advantage |
| GREASETHEWHEELS | Gain an unfair advantage in a garage? |
| PULLSOMESTRINGS | Gain an unfair advantage in a puppet show? |
| PULLAFASTONE | Try to gain an unfair advantage (4,1,4,3) |
| RIGGED | Managed so as to achieve an unfair advantage |
| GERRYMANDER | Redraw electoral boundaries so as to give one party an unfair advantage |
| RINGER | One giving a team an unfair advantage, say |
| PEDDLEINFLUENCE | Gain an unfair advantage from a pushcart? |
| RORT | Take an unfair advantage of a rowdy party |
| STACKEDDECK | Metaphor for an unfair advantage |
| CHEAT | Use an unfair advantage in a game |
| STEROIDS | Drugs to which athletes turn, seeking an unfair advantage |
| PULLINGAFASTONE | Towing a racing car perhaps, trying to gain an unfair advantage (7,1,4,3) |
