| DRAUGHTBOARD | Current captains of industry's requirement for meeting at Chequers? |
| QUORUM | Follower often of status with odd requirement for meeting |
| LATCH | Official at Chequers to some extent provides security on the door (5) |
| MISMATCH | Optimism at Chequers disguising conflict (8) |
| ACME | Summit at Chequers must end, only leaders staying (4) |
| ROONEY | Wayne ___, current captain of Manchester United |
| ROOT | Joe ---, current captain of the England Test cricket team (4) |
| VIRATKOHLI | Current captain of the Indian national cricket team (5,5) |
| HEATHERKNIGHT | Current captain of the England women's cricket team |
| STOKES | Ben _, current captain of the England Test cricket team (6) |
| ROHITSHARMA | Current captain of the India national cricket team (5,6) |
| AGENDA | Reason for meeting at that stage of life confused Danny (6) |
| SON | ___ Heung-min, footballer; current captain of Tottenham Hotspur and the South Korea national team (3) |
| CENTRALLY | Little money for meeting at heart (9) |
| REGATTA | A target set out for meeting at sea (7) |
| CABINET | Taxi I catch for meeting at Number Ten |
| SCRUM | Amateur lacking in backbone for meeting at Murrayfield (5) |
| HARRYKANE | Scorer of 20 goals for England, and their current captain |
| COXSWAINS | "Boat servants/boys" turned captains of lifeboats, commanders of crews, helmsmen of racing shells or steerswomen of pairs/eights (9) |
| SKIPPERS | Informal word for captains of ships or of cricket teams; participants in double Dutch; or, darting butterflies in the Hesperiidae family (8) |
