| BOARDGAMES | Chess, ludo, Scrabble or other traditional fireside activities, piece-moving parlour pastimes or rainy-day table-top amusements played on chequered or patterned surfaces with dice, men, tiles, tokens |
| CRAFTS | Pastimes or hobbies such as card-making, macrame, decoupage, quilting, model-making or tapestry (6) |
| GAMER | Term for one who engages in backgammon, charades, chess, ludo, poker, puzzles, rummy or other such form of amusement or play (5) |
| GAMES | Ludo, Scrabble, etc: board - |
| DON | Antithesis of "doff"; a teaching fellow at Oxford, Cambridge or other traditional English university; or, a Spanish gentleman/noble (3) |
| ROOTS | Origins of racial or other traditional systems |
| BOARDGAME | Recreational activity, pastime or hobby such as ludo, Cluedo, chess, snakes and ladders or Scrabble (5,4) |
| ACTIVITY | A pastime or pursuit; or, a skill- or team-building exercise (8) |
| TRIMMINGS | A word for hedge clippings; fittings; condiments, sauces and other traditional accompaniments to meals; embellishing passementerie, including braids, frills, fringes and rick-rack; or, decorations (9) |
| GAME | Pastime such as cards, Scrabble or tiddlywinks; a flock of swans kept for pleasure; or, deer, pheasants or other wild animals as food (4) |
| KNIGHT | Chess-piece moving in L-shaped patterns (6) |
| PAWN | Piece moving to c6 as part of the Caro-Kann Defense |
| PISTON | A cylindrical piece moving to and fro in a hollow cylinder in engines and pumps (6) |
| INTEREST | Another word for a hobby or a pastime; or, a premium paid for the use of credit or borrowed money (8) |
| CARDGAME | General description of a pastime or activity such as snap, happy families, rummy, pontoon or patience (4,4) |
| STAMPS | Postage -; items collected or studied in the pastime or hobby formerly known as timbrology (6) |
| SILVER | Second piece moving left to right |
| HOBBYIST | Word for one who pursues a pastime or rides a dandy-, merry-go-round, rocking or toy horse (8) |
| READING | A pastime or activity enjoyed by bookworms and bibliophiles (7) |
| ANGLER | One who fishes with a rod and line as a pastime or sport (6) |
