Answer:

pawns

Answer	Crossword Clue
PAWNS	Sacrificial sorts
PAWNS	Lowly pieces
PAWNS	King's soldiers

PAWNS	Little men
PAWNS	Future queens, maybe
PAWNS	Little men in the front row
PAWNS	Deposits as security for money
PAWNS	Chess pieces
PAWNS	Lowest value chess pieces
PAWNS	Half a chess set
PAWNS	Leaves in hock

PAWNS	Low-value chess pieces
PAWNS	Cat's-paws
PAWNS	Sixteen on a board
PAWNS	Puppets
PAWNS	They may become queens
PAWNS	Lowly chess pieces
PAWNS	Dupes
PAWNS	Half the chessmen

PAWNS	Chess player's octet
PAWNS	Knight protectors
PAWNS	Minor chesspieces
PAWNS	Board members of a sort
PAWNS	Chessboard line
PAWNS	Exploited ones
PAWNS	Half of the chess pieces
PAWNS	Unwitting tools

PAWNS	Future queens, perhaps
PAWNS	They're often sacrificed in gambits
PAWNS	They can be taken en passant
PAWNS	Chessmen.
PAWNS	Chessmen
PAWNS	Hocks
PAWNS	Karpov's octet
PAWNS	Minor pieces for Fischer

PAWNS	Some chessmen
PAWNS	Impignorates
PAWNS	Future queens?
PAWNS	Members of a chess line
PAWNS	Tools