crosswords

[bundoran]

sidesman? [8] ?a?t???n.
would their activities end with a mating-call? [5-7] ???s? ??a?e?s.

[HowardKennitby]

partisan ?

[bundoran]

thanks howard. worked the other one out.answer is chess players

[grasscarp]

that's funny - and true. My friend met her husband at a chess tournament and married him. Will tell her about this clue.