| AVANTGARDE | Innovative advantage involved in capturing king (5- 5) |
| HIRAM | King of Tyre who assisted Solomon in the building of the temple (I, Kings, 5) (5) |
| DOORKEEPER | Man positioned defensively in opening? Further in, capturing rook in error (10) |
| OVERFLOWED | Spilled out having taken too much in capturing squat |
| ENSUE | Succeed in capturing a sunset in midweek (5) |
| RETAKING | Again capturing king in great exchange |
| MARQUIS | Nobleman in underground movement capturing king |
| LOOKAFTER | Bandit capturing King and a fellow to tend (4,5) |
| MUSICIANS | Band, in capturing spies, engaged in disorder |
| OVEREXERT | Capturing King and Queen, old, old soldier's to stress too much |
| DURER | Artist expected resistance capturing king |
| EDWARD | Waged war, duly capturing king |
| KNIGHT | Think about capturing king at last, or another chesspiece (6) |
| TIDDLYWINKS | Having had a few triumphs capturing king for game (11) |
| OREO | Cookie whose Selena Gomez version has reportedly been useful in capturing invasive possums in New Zealand |
| RINGABELL | Recall taking part in capturing a belligerent (4,1,4) |
| CLIPCLOPPING | Film excerpt left in capturing sound of horses' hooves |
| REVEAL | Show a delight in capturing (6) |
| BATTLING | Fighting hard in capturing head of legion |
| INEXACT | Head of information succeeding in capturing account with some uncertainty |
