| ADDERS | Snakes and ladders not started (6) |
| BETEL | Place for Jacob's ladder, not hotel plant (5) |
| RUG | Part of ladder, not new, requires floor covering (3) |
| SCALES | These are seen on Snakes and Ladders (6) |
| TOKENS | General word for playing pieces used in board games such as ludo, Monopoly or snakes and ladders; or, gift vouchers exchanged for books (6) |
| SNAKES | ___ and ladders, classic board game with lots of ups and downs! (6) |
| CHUTES | ___ and Ladders (board game) |
| INDIA | Country from which snakes and ladders and chess originate whose native animal species include the blue peafowl, Bengal tiger and Asian elephant (5) |
| ADDER | One of the snakes in snakes and ladders (5) |
| HORACE | Roman poet, who's not started to race (6) |
| RUMBLE | Noise from stomach - and pudding's not started |
| OPPOSE | Not favour work by ancient author, not started, picked up |
| ANANAS | Fruit and nuts not started |
| INCOME | Outstanding fund not started by individual (6) |
| PAGODA | God's not started in incomplete heathen temple (6) |
| AGAMETWOCANPLAY | It's a bit cat and mouse in Snakes and Ladders? (1,4,3,3,4) |
| BOARD | Flat item on which ludo, Cluedo and snakes and ladders are played (5) |
| LUDO | John Jaques invented Snakes and Ladders and which other popular board game? (4) |
| SQUAREONE | Starting point in snakes and ladders is where you go back to (6,3) |
| BOARDGAME | Ludo, snakes and ladders, etc (5,4) |
