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PARCHEESIClassic board game adapted from an Indian game played with cowrie shells
PACHISIBackgammon- or ludo-like Indian game whose name, derived from the Hindi for "25", refers to the highest score achieved with cowrie shells (7)
SHIKARIAn Indian game hunter
MALDIVESWith the coconut palm as its national tree, island nation that once used cowrie shells as its currency (8)
KENOGame adapted from lotto
UNOGame adapted from Crazy Eights
PORCELAINFrom Italian for "cowrie shell", a white translucent ceramic material with a finish reminiscent of a polished shell; or, chinaware made from this (9)
PESEWAFrom Akan for "penny worth of gold dust", a Ghanaian coin equal to 1/100 of a "cowrie shell" cedi (6)
ZIMBIA cowrie shell used as money (5)
LUDOOld board game derived from the Indian game Pachisi (4)
CHESSTwo-player strategy board game based on the Indian game chaturanga
ATONEMENT2007 war drama starring James McAvoy and Keira Knightley, adapted from an Ian McEwan novel
YIPPEEKIYAY"Die Hard" cry adapted from an old cowboy song
THEFROGSAdapted from an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes. (3,5)
SALOMEOne-act Strauss opera adapted from an Oscar Wilde play
AFEWGOODMENLegal drama featuring US Marines, adapted from an Aaron Sorkin play * (11)
AGYEMANAny game adapted by Freema, who played Martha Jones in Doctor Who (7)
SNAKES___ and ladders, classic board game with lots of ups and downs! (6)
CLUEDOA little classic board game getting to grips with homicide, in the end? (6)
RISKClassic board game invented by an Oscar-winning French filmmaker