| MINORPIECES | Bishops or knights |
| PIERCE | Bishop or knight taking rook or queen to force a way through (6) |
| PIECE | Bishop or knight |
| CHESSPIECE | Musical part for bishop or knight (10) |
| BENCH | Group of bishops or judges; a pew; or, a platform in a greenhouse (5) |
| TABARDS | Frocks of medieval peasantry originally, later emblazoned tunics of heralds or knights; or, aprons (7) |
| RIDERS | Word for mounted warriors or knights originally, now bikers, cyclists, equestrians, jockeys or wheelers (6) |
| SETPIECES | Pawns or knights for corners? (3,6) |
| CROOKS | Another word for the crosiers of bishops or staffs of shepherds (6) |
| CROSIER | Staff with a curved top resembling a shepherd's crook, carried by bishops or abbots as a symbol of pastoral office (7) |
| SWAIN | Word for a lad, servant or knight's attendant first, later a country youth, peasant, rustic, male lover or suitor (5) |
| SHIELD | Sporting trophy or knight's protective device |
| CROOKED | Dishonest in possessing bishop's or shepherd's staff? (7) |
| LADY | Place occupied by duke or knight's spouse |
| BYRNIE | Related to "breast, chest", name of a historical breastplate, coat of mail, hauberk or knight's mail shirt (6) |
| BARON | Rank of nobility higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count (5) |
| DAME | Legal designation for the wife or widow of a baronet or knight (4) |
| LORD | A master of a feudal manor; a courtesy title given to the son or heir apparent of a duke, earl or marquess; or, a manner of address for a bishop or a judge (4) |
| APRON | A coverall of a chef, cobbler, cook, farrier or potter, for example, tied at the back; or, a similar garment, such as a girl's pinafore worn over a dress, or that of a bishop or Freemason (5) |
| CHESSMAN | King or knight |
