| HUFFS | Blows, like in draughts (5) |
| CHOPS | Blows, like bobbies getting out of breath! (5) |
| DOWSE | Divine wind originally in draught (5) |
| RIOJA | Drink demijohn in draught, knocking it all back (5) |
| JUMP | A hop by a knight in chess; a move in draughts that captures an opponent's piece; a wall-like obstacle in equestrian puissance; or, a descent by a parachutist (4) |
| BOARDGAMES | More bad gas circulated in draughts etc (5,5) |
| KING | Crowned piece in draughts; the 13th playing card in a given suit; or, one of the pieces in shogi (4) |
| CHEQUER | An old word for a chessboard; its pattern of alternating colours; or, one of the pieces used in draughts or in a game similar to halma (7) |
| HUFFED | Blew like the wind at piggy's place, did the wolf, but got his act together in draughts! (6) |
| AIRFLOWS | Passion flower opens out, surprisingly, in draughts (8) |
| ALPINES | In draughts, maybe peg's secured bloomers? (7) |
| HUFF | Take an opponent's piece in draughts (4) |
| DAMS | Rivers barriers, whether engineered by man or naturally built by beavers; or, crowned pieces in draughts (4) |
| MOVES | Players' turns in chess or draughts; the various ways that the pieces are transferred in said games; changes of houses or offices; or, acts initiating plans or processes (5) |
| QUAFF | Drink in large draughts (5) |
| ERUPTS | Blows like Mount St. Helens |
| PELT | What a hide to shower blows like that! |
| DOSES | Buck's mates holding the edge in sleeping draughts (5) |
| PIECE | Any one of the figures used in chess, draughts and other board games (5) |
| GAMES | Gambles on draughts and dominos, perhaps (5) |
