| Handled clumsily | 16 |
| Manhandled | 10 |
| Handled roughly | 15 |
| Handled rudely | 14 |
| Treated roughly | 15 |
| Wasn't gentle with | 22 |
| Touched clumsily | 16 |
| Fondled rudely | 14 |
| Wasn't gentle with, in a way | 32 |
| Played with, cat-style | 22 |
| Handled indelicately | 20 |
| Touched crudely | 15 |
| Poked at like a cat | 19 |
| Caressed crudely | 16 |
| Wasn't delicate with | 24 |
| Played with, in a way | 21 |
| Examined, cat-style | 19 |
| Cat, at times | 13 |
| Rough handler | 13 |
| Cat, often | 10 |
| Obnoxious date | 14 |
| His caress causes distress | 26 |
| Ham-fisted one | 14 |
| Grabby type | 11 |
| Clumsy handler | 14 |
| Ratchet bar | 11 |
| Detent | 6 |
| Ratchet part | 12 |
| Bar locking a capstan in place | 30 |
| Ratchet wheel engager | 21 |
| Ratchet catch | 13 |
| Ratchet | 7 |
| Wheel-ratchet engager | 21 |
| Sliding bolt | 12 |
| Ratchet's partner | 21 |
| Ratchet-wheel regulator | 23 |
| Ratchet-wheel part | 18 |
| Ratchet-wheel engager | 21 |
| Ratchet wheel part | 18 |
| Pivoted bolt | 12 |
| Machine part connecting to a gearwheel | 38 |
| Hinged tongue | 13 |
| Bar that engages with a ratchet | 31 |
| Lowly chess piece | 17 |
| Put in hock | 11 |
| Expendable chess piece | 22 |
| Expendable board member? | 24 |
| Certain board member | 20 |
| Unwitting tool | 14 |
| Potential queen | 15 |
| Minor chess piece | 17 |
| He stands before the queen? | 27 |
| Future queen? | 13 |
| Future queen, maybe | 19 |
| Frequent chess sacrifice | 24 |
| En passant capture | 18 |
| Recipient of a promotion | 24 |
| One of a game's 16 | 22 |
| One moves before the king | 25 |
| Manipulated one | 15 |
| Little one on a board | 21 |
| Hostage | 7 |
| Board man | 9 |
| Used one | 8 |
| Unwitting participant | 21 |
| Target of promotion | 19 |
| Tal man? | 8 |
| Small chess piece | 17 |
| Shortest chesspiece | 19 |
| Shop to buy used amp | 20 |
| Sell, at least for a while | 26 |
| Second-rank chess piece | 23 |
| Rook protector | 14 |
| Queen-to-be, maybe | 18 |
| Promotable piece | 16 |
| Potential queen, in a game | 26 |
| Pledge or risk | 14 |
| Playing piece for Fischer | 25 |
| Piece in front of a king or queen | 33 |
| Piece captured en passant | 25 |
| Part of a chess set | 19 |
| One with promotional potential | 30 |
| One with a round head | 21 |
| One who might be queen for a day? | 33 |
| One used | 8 |
| One standing in front of a king | 31 |
| One standing ahead of a bishop | 30 |
| One on the way to a promotion? | 30 |
| One on the front line | 21 |
| One of the king's men | 25 |
| One of Karpov's soldiers | 28 |
| One of 16 on a board | 20 |
| One of 16 in chess | 18 |
| One of 16 in a chess set | 24 |
| One of 16 chess pieces | 22 |
| One might be promoted | 21 |
| One may stand in front of a queen | 33 |
| One may be placed before a king | 31 |
| One in line to be a queen? | 26 |
| One ahead of a bishop | 21 |