| DEMARCHE | Diplomatic move of Parisian - took steps, getting cut short (8) |
| SHOWALEG | Take first step getting up? (4,1,3) |
| UNEXERCISED | A Parisian took part in military training operations despite not being fit (11) |
| DISAGREE | Quarrel said wrongly by Greek getting cut short (8) |
| REGISTER | Record King's time in power getting cut short (8) |
| RELOCATE | Move of company northwards noted in chronicle (8) |
| REDACTED | Socialist took steps, being blue-pencilled? (8) |
| ACCEPTED | Took steps to squash fungus: such behaviour normal? |
| FILMSTAR | Plug endlessly smart moves of stellar performer (4,4) |
| FAME | Celebrity, female wanting the last word getting cut short |
| SKEET | Keep getting cut short in the street while shooting (5) |
| TACTFUL | Cut flat in a diplomatic move (7) |
| GESTURE | Wave, say, as diplomatic move (7) |
| DEADMARCH | During brief diplomatic move, notice solemn music |
| INTACT | Staying together in diplomatic move |
| DREAMSHAKE | Signature post move of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon ... or an apt description of the circled letters in the grid? |
| PUSH | Get-up-and-go; the opposite of pull; a forward move of a pawn; or, with definite article, dismissal (4) |
| PACED | Took steps to secure ends of electric cable in apartment (5) |
| OOO | White's combined move of Kc1 and Rd1, in chess notation |
| SUMMERSET | Topsy-turvy move of season fixed around Taunton, say (9) |
