| CONKERS | Nut-like fruits or seeds of the horse chestnut used in a traditional playground game of the same name that formerly used snail shells (7) |
| CONKER | Seed of the horse chestnut used in a traditional playground game (6) |
| SWEET | - chestnut; species of deciduous tree with nut-like fruits wrapped in prickly cases (5) |
| ACORNS | Fruit or seeds of an oak tree (6) |
| KOLA | Carbonated beverage derived from the nut-like fruit of a tropical tree native to Africa (4) |
| TAG | Playground game of tip |
| ALMOND | Nut-like fruit (6) |
| ACORN | Depicted on the logo of the National Trust, the fruit or seed of the tree with the Latin name Quercus (5) |
| PINOCHLE | A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in a bezique-like game of the same name |
| DOMINO | Black-and-white piece with pips used in a traditional game; a bounty hunter depicted by Keira Knightley in a film; a Bond girl; or, cloak and mask worn as a masquerade costume (6) |
| QUOITS | Rings for encircling hobs or pegs in a game of the same name; or, megalithic cromlechs or dolmens such as any of those in Cornwall including the "giant's house" (6) |
| BOWLS | From Latin for "bubbles", globes or orbs, such as the biased wooden specimens used in a game of the same name; or, a Scots word for marbles (5) |
| BANANA | Plantain-like fruit or berry used to flavour a variety of sponge cake or a pudding with a caramel filling (6) |
| OHIO | 17th state of the US - and one species of the horse chestnut genus (aesculus) is known as the ___ buckeye! (4) |
| FEEDER | Container filled with nuts or seeds for garden birds; a bib/bottle for a baby or a child; a tributary stream; or, a railway branch linking outlying areas to the trunk line (6) |
| CROSSE | From the Old French for "bishop's crook", a netted stick used in a traditional North American game (6) |
| BATTLEDORE | A hornbook; an old paddle for washing clothes etc; or, a racquet for striking a shuttlecock in an ancient game of the same name (10) |
| CHUCKS | Sounds of hens; pebbles used in pitch-and-toss games of the same name; careless or casual throws; or, devices for holding bits in drills (6) |
| CHARADES | Word for absurd acts, masquerades, ridiculous pretences or travesties; or, riddles acted out in a parlour game of the same name (8) |
| HADES | God who says "Nobody gets out of my domain, whether alive or dead" in a video game of the same name |
