| Mere tool | 9 |
| Man who would be queen? | 23 |
| Make use of a hock shop | 23 |
| Lowly chessman | 14 |
| Least valuable chess piece | 26 |
| Least powerful member of the board? | 35 |
| Leading chess piece, often | 26 |
| King's frontman | 19 |
| King's defender | 19 |
| King protector? | 15 |
| King protector, sometimes | 25 |
| Kasparov's front man | 24 |
| It can only go forward | 22 |
| Impignorate | 11 |
| He's expendable and exploitable | 35 |
| Give as security, in a way | 26 |
| Get fast cash for | 17 |
| Future knight, maybe | 20 |
| Front-rank piece | 16 |
| Forward-moving game piece | 25 |
| Fischer man? | 12 |
| First-row chessman | 18 |
| Exploited one | 13 |
| Director's opposite | 23 |
| Chessboard cannon fodder, often | 31 |
| Chess soldier | 13 |
| Chess piece usually moved first | 31 |
| Castle protector, maybe | 23 |
| Borrow some money against | 25 |
| Board member up for promotion? | 30 |
| Hocked | 6 |
| In hock | 7 |
| Impignorated | 12 |
| Pledged; risked | 15 |
| Patronized a certain broker | 27 |
| Left for cash | 13 |
| Got cash for, in a way | 22 |
| Completely destroyed, in gamer slang | 36 |
| Caddoan Indian | 14 |
| "Dances With Wolves" foe | 34 |
| Platte River valley native | 26 |
| Foe of the Sioux | 16 |
| Fictional Indiana town where "Parks and Recreation" is set | 68 |
| ''Dances with Wolves'' enemy | 44 |
| Setting for "Parks and Recreation" | 44 |
| Okla. city or county | 20 |
| Native American of the Platte River valley | 42 |
| Indiana town where "Parks and Recreation" takes place | 63 |
| Indian in a tepee | 17 |
| Group now living in Oklahoma | 28 |
| Foe of the Cheyenne | 19 |
| Foe of a Cheyenne | 17 |
| Dweller along the Platte | 24 |
| Cheyenne's foe | 18 |
| 'Parks and Recreation' town | 35 |
| Low-value chess pieces | 22 |
| Half of a chess set | 19 |
| Chessmen | 8 |
| Puppets | 7 |
| Hocks | 5 |
| They can be taken en passant | 28 |
| Sells back | 10 |
| Most of a chess set | 19 |
| Lowly chess pieces | 18 |
| Little men in the front row | 27 |
| Little men | 10 |
| King protectors | 15 |
| Half of the chess pieces | 24 |
| Future queens, perhaps | 22 |
| Chessboard pieces | 17 |
| Chessboard line | 15 |
| Chess row | 9 |
| Unwitting tools | 15 |
| They're often sacrificed in gambits | 39 |
| Some chess pieces | 17 |
| Sacrificial sorts | 17 |
| Puts in hock | 12 |
| Promoted members of the board? | 30 |
| One row on a chessboard | 23 |
| Minor pieces for Fischer | 24 |
| Minor chesspieces | 17 |
| Men on the front line? | 22 |
| Members of a chess line | 23 |
| Lowest-value chess pieces | 25 |
| Knight protectors | 17 |
| Karpov's octet | 18 |
| Impignorates | 12 |
| Half the chessmen | 17 |
| Grandmaster's octet | 23 |
| Future queens? | 14 |
| Future queens, maybe | 20 |
| Front line in a game | 20 |
| Fischer men | 11 |
| Exploited ones | 14 |
| Chess soldiers | 14 |
| Chess player's octet | 24 |
| Board members of a sort | 23 |
| Jewelry exchange, for some | 26 |
| Where to hock stuff | 19 |
| Setting for a 1964 Rod Steiger classic | 38 |