| CASTLING | Chess move involving the king and rook |
| CASTLED | Acting group, given direction, made a move involving the king (7) |
| CASTLE | Move the king and rook simultaneously, in chess |
| DAB | Dance move involving the arms and head |
| FIANCHETTO | Italian word for a strategic chess move involving a bishop's developing "little flank" of the board (10) |
| ZZAJHANDS | *Before: Dance move involving the fingers / After: Enliven Without question |
| KARPOV | Chess player's leads of king and rook produce one victory (6) |
| LURKER | Passive member of online site changed rule about king and rook (6) |
| NEWCASTLE | City reportedly was aware of move involving King (9) |
| CASTLES | Moves involving kings -- and where they might move to? (7) |
| RAVEN | Known collectively as an unkindness, a buzzard-sized bird related to the crow,jackdaw, jay and rook; one of the avian guardians of the Tower Of London (5) |
| SPLIT | Gymnastics move involving legs spread far apart |
| STEEP | Unreasonable move involving Ecstasy (5) |
| MARADONA | Soccer move involving a spin |
| INFLICT | Lay on popular move involving clubs (7) |
| PRIMATE | Pawn and rook I win, playing chess -- or bishop, perhaps (7) |
| FIGHTER | Plane tree whose leaves conceal the cuckoo and rook |
| TAKEPART | Karate moves involving pressure -- time to join in (4,4) |
| PERSONANONGRATA | Great rap moves involving boy, soon an outcast (7,3,5) |
| ESCAPE | Leak peace moves involving Sweden (6) |
