| GO | Probably the world's oldest board game. Also called weiqi and baduk, among other names, this two-player board game originated in eastern Asia. (2) |
| DARKTHEME | Website setting also called night mode and lights-out, among other names |
| OASIS | The Nile River valley and delta is probably the world's biggest |
| NANA | In Latin plant names, this colloquial grandmother generally means 'dwarf' or 'small' (4) |
| DRAUGHTS | Board game also called checkers (8) |
| CATAN | Board game also called Settlers |
| GOBANG | Japanese board game also called Five in a Row |
| HILARYSWANK | This two-for-two winner won for Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
| LAYARD | In 1849, this explorer returned to Mesopotamia and continued excavations at Nineveh and Babylon, discovering in the process the huge library of Ashurbanipal, probably the earliest library ever created |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | Someone promoted up the ordinary batting order when a wicket falls close to the end of the day's pla |
| PIED | Mary Cole, our estuarine scientist at the EL Museum, lists this two-tone kingfisher which bodder-bodders and then dives! Fish "pie" tonight! (4) |
| HAMM | This two-time medalist was the first international star of women's football (soccer) |
| LUDO | Simple board game also known as Parcheesi |
| NINEMAN | __ morris, a board game also known as cowboy checkers (4-3) |
| NATAL | Former South African province, the name is now changed to reflect its history as Kwazulu or 'the pla |
| URICH | Robert -, actor who pla ed thetitle role in Stelevision series Gavilan, The Lazarus Man and Spenser: for Hire (5) |
| PORRERES | Small town in the central Es Pla region of Mallorca, with the nearby Santuario de Montesion (8) |
| HOOKAH | Narghile and sheesha are other names for this pipe |
| JAKE | Angus T. Jones played this Two and a Half Men character |
| WALDEN | Ashton Kutcher played this Two and a Half Men character (------ Schmidt) |
