| ACEPOINT | Score in backgammon |
| ACEPOINTS | Opening scores in backgammon |
| HOME | An area or "den" where a player is safe from attack in games; a sanctuary for rescued cats/dogs; the inner table in backgammon; or, one's abode, birth country or family seat (4) |
| BLOT | Exposed piece in backgammon |
| BAR | Hit blot's spot, in backgammon |
| DOUBLES | Turns the cube, in backgammon |
| DIE | Cube rolled in backgammon |
| AMMO | Projectiles used in backgammon (4) |
| REROLLS | Tries again, in backgammon |
| HITABLOT | Informally in backgammon, make a move that puts one of your opponent's pieces on the bar |
| GAMER | Term for one who engages in backgammon, charades, chess, ludo, poker, puzzles, rummy or other such form of amusement or play (5) |
| ACEYDEUCY | Backgammon variant in which rolling a 1-2 is beneficial |
| PIP | Tool used for calculating how far you're ahead or behind in a game of backgammon, the ... count |
| TABLES | Quadrants of folding backgammon boards; or, lists of sporting rivals in leagues (6) |
| FLECHE | Meaning "arrow", a spirelet of a French Gothic cathedral; one of the 24 points on a backgammon board; or, a running attack in fencing (6) |
| TABLE | Each half or quarter of a folding backgammon board; a slab inscribed with laws; or, a matrix of data arranged in columns and rows (5) |
| PACHISI | Backgammon- or ludo-like Indian game whose name, derived from the Hindi for "25", refers to the highest score achieved with cowrie shells (7) |
| TIES | Backgammon impossibilities |
| DICE | Backgammon necessity |
| ACEYDEUCEY | Backgammon variety |
