Crossword Clue:

the last stage of a board game

Answer	Crossword Clue
SANS	Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech
BACKGAMMON	Game with a bar in the middle of the board
DARTS	Game with a board whose center is 5'8" off the floor

OTHELLO	Disc-flipping board game hinted at by a word ladder formed by the answers to the nine starred clues
BATTLESHIP	It's four units long in a popular board game (with the game's other pieces hinted at by the circled letters)
GONGED	Kicked off the stage, in a game show