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 Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,171 - Apr 13 2017
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26332 - February 11, 2016
- Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 16 2016
- L.A. Times Daily - Nov 25 2015
- Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Jul 15 2015
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 27,841 - Jun 30 2015
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 13,557 - Oct 21 2013
- Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Sep 10 2013
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 27,032 - Nov 24 2012
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 27,001 - Oct 19 2012