| CHESSPIECES | Guerrilla leader's agents capture Church of England bishops, perhaps (11) |
| BECKON | Will know, shortly, about Church of England bishop and give them the nod |
| SEPULCHRE | Repulse manoeuvre to capture church tomb (9) |
| EARWIG | Leader's agent removes wires inside in, for example, a bug (6) |
| MACHETE | Subordinate on board carrying guerrilla leader's bladed weapon |
| CHESS | Game created by guerrilla leader's son |
| CHEWINGOVER | Considering victory by guerrilla leader, ruling party drops those to right of centre |
| PANCHOVILLA | Mexican guerrilla leader |
| CEMENT | Join bishops perhaps after church time (6) |
| MANXMAN | Cross held by two bishops, perhaps, for islander (7) |
| AMEN | ... bishops perhaps after a final word (4) |
| MENSWEAR | Bishops perhaps curse dinner jackets and bow ties, say (8) |
| TENEMENT | Canon entertaining bishops, perhaps, in apartment block |
| ONBOARD | Where one sees bishops perhaps in an aeroplane? (2,5) |
| MEN | Knights and bishops, perhaps |
| NIECE | Member of family using bishop perhaps wins knight for pawn |
| MITREBOX | Case of bishop, perhaps, providing help with joint construction |
| PIECE | Thing baked before church for bishop, perhaps (5) |
| MANDATE | Authority of bishop, perhaps, over see |
| CHESSMAN | Bishop, perhaps he's succeeded replacing forward section of crook (8) |
