| SKITTLES | Game whereby "chalks" are scored by means of knocking pins over with a "cheese"; or, chess without a clock (8) |
| SKITTLE | One of the wooden pins used in an old game with a cheese or ball (7) |
| IMITATE | Do I win at chess without it? (7) |
| CONSUMMATE | Accomplished rook move in chess without problem (10) |
| HALMA | A jump in a Greek pentathlon, hence the name of a game whereby players' "men" jump over opposing pieces (5) |
| TIDDLYWINKS | Game whereby players flip plastic discs into a cup by pressing them with a 'squidger' (11) |
| STRIKE | Act of knocking down all pins with the first ball in tenpin bowling; or, a discovery of gold or other minerals (6) |
| ICE | Sport in which points are scored by hitting a puck into a goal, ... hockey |
| RUGBY | Sport or game in which points are scored with a try or a drop goal (5) |
| FGS | NFL three-pointers that are scored by kicking the ball through the goal: Abbr. |
| RUNS | They are scored by cricketers |
| ANKLE | Involved in prank levitating part of a pin over a foot |
| RAT | -a-tat: a sound of knocking or rapping? |
| SPARE | In tenpin bowling, the act of knocking down all the pins with two balls (5) |
| RACLETTE | Elect a rat by mistake with a cheese dish (8) |
| ROOK | A gregarious caching corvid whose Latin name, Corvus frugilegus, means "fruit-gathering raven"; or, a card-sharp, cheat or chess piece that shares its name (4) |
| MAIDENOVER | In cricket, a set of six balls bowled in succession in which no runs are scored (6,4) |
| MAIDEN | What term is applied to a first speech and an over in cricket in which no runs are scored? (6) |
| LILY | Common name of a family of plants that includes the snake's- head fritillary, or chess flower (4) |
| PRIZEFIGHTER | Award-winning Spar opening early from end of winter is capable of knocking out the competition in Ring (12) |
