| VIOLINCONCERTO | One of the pieces in the suite of four illustrating 1 across, composed by Vivaldi: a ...... ........ (6,8) |
| RAPHAEL | Italian Renaissance painter whose work adorns a suite of four rooms (Stanze) in the museum complex of the Vatican (7) |
| KING | Crowned piece in draughts; the 13th playing card in a given suit; or, one of the pieces in shogi (4) |
| PAWN | One of the pieces in chess (4) |
| ROOK | Fleece one of the piece in the corner (4) |
| LEADERSHIP | The piece in the paper on Titanic, for example, is everything you'd expect from the management (10) |
| ITEM | Time to change the piece in the paper |
| STACCATO | Thus including 24 across composed in style that's not smooth (8) |
| SARDINIA | In 2.6, the triumvirate (Caesar, Antony, and Lepidus) offer Pompey two pieces of land if he would "Rid all the sea of pirates" Name one of the pieces of land he is offered. |
| FRIEZE | The Scream is one of the pieces created by painter Edvard Munch in a series titled The ... of Life ( |
| SLIDE | When we take our two kids to the large playground right in the centre of Countess Wear, they get excited about one of the pieces of playground apparatus in particular (2,3) |
| JACK | One of the pieces used in dibs; a male donkey or merlin; a boot pull; a bell-striker; or, a knave in cards (4) |
| CHEQUER | An old word for a chessboard; its pattern of alternating colours; or, one of the pieces used in draughts or in a game similar to halma (7) |
| SEASON | Meaning 'time of sowing', each one of the four natural divisions of the year, as portrayed by Vivaldi |
| TRIGGERHAPPY | To be overly enthusiastic with one of the pieces could set off one of the Seven Dwarfs (7-5) |
| SPOON | One of the pieces of cutlery forming or stored in a canteen (5) |
| BASIL | Mr D'Oliveira's son introduced to one of the pieces on top of the stumps (5) |
| TILE | Item such as an azulejo or a tessera; or, any one of the pieces used in Scrabble, mah-jong or dominoes (4) |
| BONE | One of the pieces forming the skeleton |
| RED | Color of half the pieces in a game of checkers |
