| ENTRAPPED | Caught alien restraining knight and struck (9) |
| LOOKTO | Rely on Privy Council's second for restraining knight (4,2) |
| IMPRESSED | Having missed badly before, went in and struck (9) |
| OVERTAKEN | Successive balls received and struck (with attack) (9) |
| PERCUSSED | Man pushed son out, swore and struck (9) |
| CANCELLED | Risk losing hydrogen when called roughly away and struck off (9) |
| RESONATED | Read notes carelessly, and struck a chord |
| CHITTERLINGS | Caught and struck fish, in short, cut guts (12) |
| TICKLED | Watch noise was in front and struck a funny chord? (7) |
| DOWN | It links fall, light and struck in film titles (4) |
| TENT | It may be pitched and struck |
| RAPPED | Spoke sharply to and struck (6) |
| JEWSHARP | Instrument held between the teeth and struck with a finger (4,4) |
| PINATA | A papier-mache party decoration filled with weets, hung up and struck with a stick until it breaks open (6) |
| AGAMEMNON | A plucky follower, gutted over knight and legendary king (9) |
| LAUNCELOT | Legendary knight and uncle wandering around a patch of ground (9) |
| REPUGNANT | Distasteful about dog, knight and worker (9) |
| CHRISTIAN | The Dark Knight and American Psycho actor, - - - Bale (9) |
| EXCALIBUR | In which Liam Neeson played a knight and Helen Mirren a sorceress (9) |
| FANNYHILL | Novel finally edited, introducing knight and horse (5,4) |
