| MUSICALCHAIRS | Kids' party game ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| SPINTHEBOTTLE | Classic party game ... or a hint to solving the answers that intersect circles |
| TWISTER | A party game...or a tornado |
| BLACK | *Comic actor / *Card game ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| TOKEN | Amoret, favour or memento such as an engraved coin, love-knot or a portrait miniature; a counter, man or piece for a board game; or, a voucher exchanged for a book or a gift (5) |
| QUEST | Whether a knight's crusade for the Grail, a pilgrim's progress to a holy place, a philosopher's pursuit of truth, a hound's hunt for game or a computer's scan for data, it is a word, from "ask, seek", |
| TWOTRUTHS | With 29-Down, party game . . . or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| TURN | A change of direction; a short walk; one's go or chance to make a move in a game; or, a short act (4) |
| HUDDLE | A dense crowd or jumble; an impromptu secret conference; a close gathering of strategising sports players prior to a game; or, a group of penguins or walruses (6) |
| CHAIRS | Musical ___; kids' party game |
| HOTPOTATO | Kids' party game |
| SAYS | Simon ___ (kids' party game) |
| SNAP | Word either for a ginger biscuit or thin; a cold spell; a card game; or, a quick or informal photo (4) |
| PELLMELL | Jingly phrase, from "mix" and similar to a lawn game or a London street, for confused mingling; disorder and chaos; or, a hand-to-hand fight (4-4) |
| SPINNER | A person who twists fibres into yarns; a Shakespearean word for a spider; a revolving device used as an alternative to a die in board games; or, a Jamaican dumpling (7) |
| STEPSUPONESGAME | Improves to meet a challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| BLEED | Win a lot of money a little at a time, from either a game or a particular player* |
| SHUFFLEBOARD | Game played on a floor or table, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| DOUBLERAINBOW | Rare sighting after a storm ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| CHANGESTHEWORLD | Has a huge impact ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
