| CONKER | Seed of the horse chestnut, used in a playground game (6) |
| 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) |
| CONQUEST | Achievement of victory through a form of combat whose name is linked to a horse chestnut or "cheeser" used in a playground battle; a successful ascent of a mountain; or, the act/art of gaining a perso |
| SEEKER | It, in a playground game |
| NUTMEG | Name the hard, aromatic seed of the fruit of an E Indian tree, used as a spice (6) |
| SEESAW | Play on this in a playground (6) |
| SWINGS | Is hanged if one will find them in a playground (6) |
| ALMOND | Oval nut-like seed of the tree Prunus dulcis (6) |
| WALNUT | Wrinkled edible seed of the large deciduous tree Juglans regia (6) |
| PEANUT | Edible seed of the legume family (6) |
| HIDES | Avoids the seeker. in a playground game |
| ITISSO | Phrase in a playground argument |
| CANTOO | Shout in a playground debate |
| OHIO | 17th state of the US - and one species of the horse chestnut genus (aesculus) is known as the ___ buckeye! (4) |
| PEA | A family of plants including the garden Pisum sativum; a seed of the latter, eaten as a vegetable or blown through a shooter; or, a tiny cob of coal, coffee berry, roe of salmon or stone, when akin to |
| NOTIT | Declaration in a playground game |
| FLAG | Item captured in a playground game |
| SEEK | Be "it" in a playground game |
| TAGS | Makes "it," in a playground game |
| WHITEPEPPER | Seasoning creating by grinding the seed of the ripe fruit of Piper nigrum, with the thin, darker-coloured skin (flesh) of the fruit removed (5,6) |
