| THIRTYTWO | Number of pieces in a standard game of chess (6-3) |
| CATEGORY | One of 13 in a standard game of "Jeopardy!" |
| MAIL | Animal forgets intro repeatedly before performing linked set of pieces in a suit (4) |
| DEFACEMENT | Harmful action of pieces in a defect resolved |
| EIGHT | The highest even number in the standard game of sudoku (5) |
| EDGE | Kind of piece in a jigsaw puzzle |
| TAKEAPART | Assume one stage character and end up with a number of pieces (4,5) |
| TWENTYSIX | Number of red cards in a standard deck |
| RELIGIOSO | I rig solo awkwardly, including end of piece in churchy style? (9) |
| CHECKMATE | The end of a game of chess (9) |
| WHITELEAD | Pigment used at the start of a game of chess? (5,4) |
| HALMA | Checkers-type board game, invented about 1880, in which players attempt to move a number of pieces from one corner of a square board containing 256 squares to the opposite corner. A variant called Chi |
| JIGSAWPUZZLE | Chew over what the chippy has for starters? It has a number of pieces and it comes in a box! (6,6) |
| 32 | Number of pieces on the board at the start of a chess game |
| PAWNS | From the Latin for "foot soldiers", the most numerous pieces in a game of chess, such as those used in an attack move or formation named after grandmaster Marmaduke Wyvill of Constable Burton Hall (5) |
| GUNMAKER | Lead glass associated with a French manufacturer responsible for a number of pieces you'll get a bang out of (8) |
| STAVES | Small vest torn over a number of pieces of equipment belonging to Cooper (6) |
| OPENING | First performance of a play; a job vacancy; or, a sequence of moves at the start of a game of chess (7) |
| GAMBIT | Opening move in a game of chess in which a player sacrifices a piece, usually a pawn, to secure an advantageous position (6) |
| CANASTA | In Vatican, a standard game (7) |
