Answer: CHECKMATE
The answer CHECKMATE has 77 possible clues. See the results below.
Possible Clues:
- Inescapable attack in chess
- Chess victory
- Staunch friend's defeat
- To spy on one's partner is the end
- Final chess move
- The killer move in chess
- Grandmaster's last word ... and what the last word in 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across can be
- The final defeat of the board
- Lioness in winter?
- The final killer move in chess
Last seen in:
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28739
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2502
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,968 - Jan 16 2023
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28495
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,924 - Nov 25 2022
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28271
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28267
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,521 - Aug 11 2021
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,689 - May 31 2021
- New York Times - May 30 2021