| TRAXLER | Karel , Czech chess master and composer of chess problems (7) |
| MATEINONE | Prompt for some beginner chess problems |
| SPASSKY | Russian world chess master in early 1970s (7) |
| PERKINS | Host of Chess Masters: The Endgame (3,7) |
| ANTHEIL | George, pianist and composer of the operas Helen Retires and Volpone (7) |
| FISCHER | Bobby ... US chess master (7) |
| TARTINI | Giuseppe, violinist and composer of the "Devil's Trill" Sonata (7) |
| STAINER | Painter and composer of oratorios (7) |
| VIVALDI | Antonio -, Italian violinist and composer of concertos The Four Seasons (7) |
| NOVELLO | Ivor, British playwright and composer of the song Keep the Home Fires Burning (7) |
| LEONARD | _ Cohen, singer-songwriter and composer of Hallelujah (7) |
| TORELLI | Giuseppe, Italian violinist and composer of 1708 work Christmas Concerto (7) |
| CORELLI | Arcangelo, Italian violinist and composer of a 1712 Christmas Concerto (7) |
| ANATOLY | Chess master Karpov |
| CAPEK | Karel -, Czech author of 1921 stage play R U R (5) |
| STAUNTON | Standardised pattern of chess pieces, named after a 19th-century English chess master |
| RETI | Hungarian-born chess master Richard (anagram of TIRE) |
| KASPAROV | Garry, Soviet-born chess master who became world chess champion in 1985 (8) |
| SUE | Host of Chess Masters: The Endgame (3,7) |
| KEY | A system for decrypting a secret cipher/code; a map's legend; the correct unique first move in the solution of a chess problem; or, a crib translation (3) |
