| NAMING | Dubbing grand knight I knight, say, in retrospect |
| SILENT | Like lead character of knight, say, in old film |
| SETPIECES | Bishops and knights, say, in carefully planned moves (3,6) |
| GLANCE | Grand knight in fancy material gets sideways look (6) |
| GARETH | Broken heart shown by grand Knight of the Round Table (6) |
| STAGNATE | Degenerate nation imprisoning a grand knight (8) |
| CHEVALIER | Knight I leave in disarray after check with rook |
| NAIVE | Ingenuous knight I embraced in greeting |
| LANCE | Quick butcher's severing grand knight's arm |
| PERIODPIECE | Knight, say, under spell in old play |
| GENEVA | Greeting knight, say, after climbing in Swiss location (6) |
| CHESSMAN | Church arranged Mass in middle of Kent for knight, say (8) |
| MICROMANAGEMENT | Knight, say, seen in memo reacting badly has undue control? |
| ASKER | One who has a question like knight I don't really know |
| DUBITABLE | Knight I put on board, lacking certainty |
| NICOTINE | Cause of addiction revealed by knight I notice shaking (8) |
| IRIS | Knight I sent up for the flag |
| PIERCE | Force a way through with knight, say, capturing rook (6) |
| GROUNDSMAN | Reason knight, say, could make Lord's tender |
| NUTTER | Knight, say, is a madman |
