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:
- New York Times - Sep 17 2012
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,707 - Aug 6 2012
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 978 - May 5, 2012
- The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise 1246 - February 5, 2012
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 5646 - December 14, 2011
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 927 - May 28, 2011
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,424 - Dec 15 2010
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,305 - Jul 29 2010
- Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Apr 19 2010
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,783 - Aug 20 2009