| In pairs | 8 |
| Beaten at chess | 15 |
| Won at chess | 12 |
| Paired off | 10 |
| Checked for the last time? | 26 |
| Unable to escape, in a way | 26 |
| Unable to avoid the check? | 26 |
| Took out the king? | 18 |
| Defeated, in a way | 18 |
| Defeated in chess | 17 |
| Coupled with | 12 |
| Won, in chess | 13 |
| Paired up to breed | 18 |
| Out of the game, in chess | 25 |
| More than checked? | 18 |
| Matched, as socks | 17 |
| Like shoes and socks | 20 |
| Like pairs of socks | 19 |
| Ended a chess game | 18 |
| Defeated Spassky | 16 |
| Checked thoroughly? | 19 |
| Checked out? | 12 |
| Captured the king | 17 |
| Became hitched | 14 |
| Beaten, a la Bobby Fischer | 26 |
| Beaten in chess, briefly | 24 |
| Beaten by Fischer | 17 |
| Beaten by Botvinnik | 19 |
| Beat Magnus Carlsen | 19 |
| Beat Karpov | 11 |
| Spanish saint | 13 |
| San --, California | 18 |
| San ___, CA | 11 |
| First book of el Nuevo Testamento | 33 |
| California's San ___ | 24 |
| San ---, Ca. | 12 |
| San __: Calif. city or its county | 33 |
| San __, Calif. | 14 |
| San ___, city near San Francisco | 32 |
| San ___ (city in west California) | 33 |
| San ___ (Bay Area county) | 25 |
| Right fielder Ruben | 19 |
| San __: San Francisco Bay city | 30 |
| San __, California | 18 |
| San ___, Calif. city | 20 |
| San _____, Calif. | 17 |
| San ___ (home to CafePress.com) | 31 |
| San ___ (Highway 101 city) | 26 |
| San ___ (Californian city) | 26 |
| One of the Gospels, in a Spanish Bible | 38 |
| Matthew, in Madrid | 18 |
| Colleague of Marcos, Lucas and Juan | 35 |
| California's San ___ County | 31 |
| Bay Area's San ___ Bridge | 29 |
| ___ Dolorosa | 12 |
| Alma ___ | 8 |
| Agrippina, to Nero | 18 |
| Etonian's parent | 20 |
| Alma -- | 7 |
| Alma __ | 7 |
| Pia or alma | 11 |
| Oxfordian's parent, e.g. | 28 |
| Eton boy's mother | 21 |
| Cornelia, for one | 17 |
| Alma or pia | 11 |
| Well-known alma | 15 |
| Stabat or Alma | 14 |
| Stabat ____ | 11 |
| Stabat ____: Latin hymn | 26 |
| Pia follower | 12 |
| Pater's wife | 16 |
| Pater's partner | 19 |
| Parent in old Rome | 18 |
| Mother, to an Etonian | 21 |
| Mom, to a Harrow boy | 20 |
| Mom overseas | 12 |
| Middlesex mom | 13 |
| Livy's parent | 17 |
| Livia, to Tiberius | 18 |
| Latin relative | 14 |
| Latin parent | 12 |
| Harrow student's parent | 27 |
| Family member, in Soho | 22 |
| Etonian's mum | 17 |
| Etonian parent | 14 |
| Eton boy's mom | 18 |
| Dura ___ | 8 |
| British boy's mom | 21 |
| Alma follower | 13 |
| "Stabat ___" | 22 |
| "Stabat ___," noted hymn | 34 |
| "Alma" or "dura" follower | 45 |
| "___ et Magistra" (John XXIII encyclical) | 51 |
| 'Cars' tow truck | 24 |
| _____et Magistra (1961 encyclical) | 34 |
| Goods | 5 |
| Yard goods | 10 |
| Type of girl Madonna is? | 24 |
| Silk or velvet, e.g. | 20 |
| Not inappropriate | 17 |