| TARGET | Small round shield or buckler; or, a board with concentric rings and a central gold or bull's-eye used for archery practice (6) |
| BEAUTY | Will they eye us at banquet for the attractively blessed? (6,6) |
| QUEENS | Will they eye us at banquet for the attractively blessed? (6,6) |
| BULLSEYE | Word for an archery target's central gold, a big round humbug-like peppermint, a cyclone's whirling centre, a lantern, a porthole or a thick lens, each named for their apparent resemblance in some way |
| RONDACHE | A medieval or renaissance foot soldier's characteristically circular or discoid buckler- or targe-like shield (8) |
| WED | Exchange rings and a kiss |
| SATURN | Planet with concentric rings (6) |
| PANEL | A slip of parchment; a jury; a godet; or, a board of a door, fence, shutter, triptych or wainscoted wall (5) |
| SIGN | A gesture or symbol conveying a meaning; a division of the zodiac; or, a board marking an inn, pub or shop (4) |
| DRUPE | A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone, such as a plum or an olive |
| ONION | Vegetable with concentric layers, often pickled, studded with cloves or used to make bhajis or a traditional French soup (5) |
| PALETTE | From "shovel" or "spade", a board with a thumb hole on which an artist mixes paints; or, by extension, an assortment or range of colours (7) |
| PEAK | The --- District is a region of N. central England consisting of moors and a central limestone plateau (4) |
| TREES | Plants with spring/autumn wood and concentric rings marking year by year growth used by dendrochronologists to determine dates and past events (5) |
| OPINION | A view of a ring and a small cog-wheel |
| HALMA | Meaning "leap", the long jump in the Greek pentathlon; or, a board game with leaping/hopping moves (5) |
| SHIELD | An aspis, buckler, heater or targe; an escutcheon or trophy shaped like the third example; a French ecu; or, something serving to protect, such as a chelonian's carapace (6) |
| DART | Small missile thrown at a board with a bullseye at the centre of its target (4) |
| TARGE | Small round shield of old |
| BUCKLER | Small round shield |
