| The -, Franz Kafka novel published posthumously in 1926 (6) |
Mirror Quiz |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Keep a piece (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Move king to safety, as last resort, inside church (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
15 Oct 2025 |
| *Residence in a fairytale, where legends of haunted halls may thrive |
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| Special chess move |
Commuter |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Royal palace |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Rook, cold, dislodged slate (6) |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Sep 2025 |
| Throw the French into bastille? (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Large fortified building (6) |
The Times Concise |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Part of the Disney logo |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2025 |
| Palace for a king |
Newsday |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Fairytale residence |
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| Fairy tale king's palace |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Many steal about a stronghold (6) |
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| Chess piece also known as a rook (6) |
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| *Royal residence that is home to 43a |
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| Move both the king and a rook, in chess |
Universal |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Move king and rook from Windsor, say (6) |
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| A large old |
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| Our star's movie with Michael Caton: The -- |
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| Man, that's a sumptuous residence! (6) |
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| Rook, to a chess newbie |
New York Times Mini |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Chess player's move in splendid house |
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| Keep a rook (6) |
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| Tower of London rook? (6) |
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| Pitched near the French stronghold (6) |
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| Schloss |
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| Actors: pair late on in Hamlet, in Elsinore? |
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| Ex-Rugby Australia CEO, Raelene ... (6) |
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| Actors arrive at the French nobleman's residence |
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| Medieval palace (6) |
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| 9 Across involving a 1 Across and 66 Across * |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Beach creation |
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| Stronghold with a keep |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Building to protect the king, perhaps (6) |
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| 1936 novel by John Cowper Powys (6) |
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| Corner piece |
New York Times |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Chess move you can make only once in a game (6) |
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| And 17 Down GWR 43097 that shares its name with Grade 1 Listed Dartmoor site (6,5) |
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| Windsor ___, royal residence (6) |
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| Make a special chess move involving a rook |
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| Series for Nathan Fillion |
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| Éclat's silly in fortification (6) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Other name for the rook chess piece (6) |
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| Man who's on board with Englishman's house? (6) |
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| The actors take the French piece on board (6) |
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| Man building with battlements (6) |
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| *Royal residence that is home to 43a |
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| An Englishman's home, such as Dover or Windsor (6) |
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| Have a fling with the French piece on board! (6) |
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| The ___ of Otranto, early Gothic novel by Horace Walpole (6) |
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| Company time put into secret of great value (6) |
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| Gaming piece built to withstand attack (6) |
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| Sand structure |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Change positions of men on the board (6) |
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| Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion crime series (6) |
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| Barbara Windsor? (6) |
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| An old, fortified building (6) |
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| Fortress located by game knight (6) |
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| Fourteenth century circular fortress 3km west of Palma, the capital city of Mallorca (7,6) |
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| Players join the French to make a special move (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
25 Dec 2024 |
| See 8 Across |
Mirror Quiz |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Windsor __ |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Keep half of cash Stan lent |
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| Cleats (anag) (6) |
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| Rook in Englishman's home? |
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| Actors beside the French stronghold (6) |
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| Man on the board rejected by the French (6) |
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| See 8 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Move at chess? Players initially look edgy (6) |
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| An old fortification whose features can include a moat, keep and bailey (6) |
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| Fortress |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Fortress |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Nov 2024 |
| The players stand in front of the French chateau |
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| Man on board thrown by deals regularly backfiring |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Nov 2024 |
| I must leave Toledo area for Englishman's home, they say |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Shed near the French chateau (6) |
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| A fortress or residence of a prince or aristocrat (6) |
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| Where a fairy tale princess might reside |
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| An exclusive social class taking possession of large stronghold (6) |
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| Toss the Spanish up into fortress (6) |
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| Chess piece to throw at the French (6) |
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| Place for royal's fling with the French? (6) |
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| Building a Celt's ruined (6) |
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| *Residence in a fairytale, where legends of haunted halls may thrive |
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| A learner in class - a man (6) |
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| Keep actors in front of full theatre ultimately |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
14 Oct 2024 |
| Make a two-piece chess move |
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| Fort |
Mirror Quick |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Actors join the French piece |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Oct 2024 |
| In chess, another name for the rook (6) |
|
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| Windsor -, palatial royal residence in Berkshire (6) |
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| Nathan Fillion played a crime-solving novelist in this |
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| See 4 Down |
Mirror Quiz |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Fortress for a rook (6) |
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| About to steal bizarre rook (6) |
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| Keep a pupil in class (6) |
|
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| Discard the French chessman (6) |
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| Keep home for Englishman (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Rook, in chess (6) |
Mirror Classic |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Keep left when in a social class (6) |
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| Building that a bounce house might look like |
|
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| Man dressed as Celt |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Large fortified building or set of buildings (6) |
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| 1831 novel by Walter Scott |
Mirror Quiz |
21 Aug 2024 |
| See 10 Across |
Mirror Quiz |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Stronghold and loch in order |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
16 Aug 2024 |
| I Capture the ___, Dodie Smith novel (6) |
Puzzler |
03 Aug 2024 |
| See 3 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Aug 2024 |
| See 3 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Jul 2024 |
| The Dark ___, place where the Beast from "Beauty and the Beast" lives in "Once Upon a Time" |
|
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| Fortress on board (6) |
|
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| US crime drama TV series about a novelist who joins the NYPD (6) |
|
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| Group of players heads for large, even imposing building |
|
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| It's fortified for a man on the board (6) |
|
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| _ Bromwich, Jaguar plant (6) |
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| Piece on board rejected by the French (6) |
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| Our star's early film with Bill Nighy: I Capture the - |
|
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| Keep performers at edge of lake |
|
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| Throw the French in a stronghold (6) |
|
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| Mystery series with Nathan Fillion |
TV |
02 Jun 2024 |
| ______ on the Hill, 2017 Ed Sheeran song (6) |
|
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| Royal palace |
Newsday |
22 May 2024 |
| Chessman also called a rook |
Mirror Quiz |
19 May 2024 |
| Medieval fortress (6) |
|
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| Thrown at the French chateau (6) |
|
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| Rook on board (6) |
|
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| Change position on board (6) |
|
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| The French throw out means of defence |
|
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| Home for a king and queen |
|
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| Somerset town on Monarch's Way... fortress and vehicle at end of way (6, 4) |
|
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| Fortress (6) |
Puzzler |
15 Apr 2024 |
| 2009-16 Nathan Fillion series |
|
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| Royal palace |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Royal shelter |
|
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| Move on board to a fortified place (6) |
|
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| Built to protect Les and his cat (6) |
|
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| Actors join the French in a strong position (6) |
|
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| Cast the French into a fortress |
|
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| Fortress or chesspiece |
|
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| E.g. Culzean or Crathes (6) |
|
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| *Royal residence that is home to 43a |
|
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| Edifice playfully termed a centre for crooks! (6) |
|
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| Man on board thrown vital rope, finally |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Feb 2024 |
| Takeshi's _, crazy Japanese game show (6) |
|
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| Keep copyright with least trouble |
|
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| The French join the actors in a stronghold (6) |
|
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| Throw the French in a fortress (6) |
|
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| TV detective played by Nathan Fillion |
TV |
18 Feb 2024 |
| The ___, Franz Kafka novel published 1926 (6) |
|
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| The ___, Franz Kafka novel published 1926 |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Chess rook (6) |
|
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| Actors left newspaper out in Leeds? |
|
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| Structure built at the beach |
Commuter |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Throw over the French stronghold (6) |
|
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| Social class describing Liberal MP for Blackburn (6) |
|
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| ------ on the Hill, 2017 Ed Sheeran song (6) |
|
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| Crime drama which starred Nathan Fillion as the titular mystery writer (6) |
|
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| Shed found by walls of large fortification (6) |
|
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| The Man In The High ____, 1962 novel by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick (6) |
|
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| Keep rook |
Mirror Cryptic |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Camelot or Gormenghast |
|
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| Fort |
Mirror Quick |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Large fortified building with battlements (6) |
|
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| Man in chess |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Man in chess (6) |
|
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| Man on board; one paired with an Elephant in London? (6) |
|
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| A fortress of sand, stone or wood; or, an old name for a scacchic rook (6) |
|
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| Extremely trustful in case of a precautionary move (6) |
|
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| *Medieval king's residence with a moat and a hushed "t" in its name |
|
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| First word in the name of UK race track located in Wiltshire (6) |
|
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| Rook |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Make defensive move as learner in class |
|
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| Keep |
New York Times |
18 Nov 2023 |
| Princess's royal residence |
|
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| Keep French article under shed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Abode for a king with a silent letter "t" |
|
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| 2000s' ABC crime drama series starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic |
|
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| Royal residence |
|
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| ABC crime mystery series starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic |
|
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| In team playing left half, powerful winger |
The Times Cryptic |
29 May 2023 |
| Princess's home, perhaps |
|
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| Where a fairy tale princess may live |
|
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| Rook |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Building with a moat |
Universal |
02 Feb 2023 |
| Fairytale residence |
|
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| Make a certain chess move |
New York Times |
04 Nov 2022 |
| Actors brought to the French monument? |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Oct 2022 |
| Chess piece or Yukon mountain |
Canadiana |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Fairy tale king's palace |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2022 |
| "Brooklyn ___," documentary film following five chess players in a Brooklyn school |
|
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| Royal palace |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Left in order to find stronghold |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Chess piece and fortified building |
Irish Times Simplex |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Keep man on board |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Fairy tale setting |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Mar 2022 |
| See 1 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Jan 2022 |
| Windsor, famously |
Family Time |
10 Jan 2022 |
| Labour leader welcomed by social class in eg Leeds |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Himeji structure with moats |
Universal |
23 Nov 2021 |
| Social 20 across accepting large, grand residence |
|
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| Social 20 across accepting large, grand residence |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Oct 2021 |
| Springfield Retirement ___, retirement home to Abe Simpson on "The Simpsons" |
|
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| Rook |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jul 2021 |
| Setting for many a Super Mario Bros. level |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Man from Lima in class |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Jun 2021 |
| Rook — mouldy thing with loathsome wings |
|
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| Chess piece and fortified building |
Irish Times Simplex |
03 May 2021 |
| Piece still lacking odd bits, in the event |
|
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| Line's dropped in by actors for man |
|
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| "___ Rock," 2018 TV series inspired by Stephen King's titular fictional town |
|
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| Fairy tale residence |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Apr 2021 |
| Bluebeard's home neat? Yes, finally, for the first time |
|
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| Rook's shape |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Where to live like a king |
Universal |
03 Mar 2021 |
| ABC's crime comedy series starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic |
|
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| Keep Sam away from classmate |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Feb 2021 |
| Chess piece |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jan 2021 |
| Citadel made by Celt as designed |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jan 2021 |
| Man cornered in fortress? |
|
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| Keep players on leg-side boundaries |
|
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| Chess piece left in class |
|
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| Large building left in order |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Aug 2020 |
| Keep Labour's leader constrained by social class |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jul 2020 |
| King's place |
|
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| Celt working outside a southern citadel |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jun 2020 |
| Fortress |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 May 2020 |
| Players leave evacuated fortress |
|
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| Knight spot? |
Wall Street Journal |
02 May 2020 |
| Windsor, for one |
Universal |
10 Apr 2020 |
| Move to protect a king |
The Washington Post |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Move to protect a king |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2020 |
| "The ___ of Otranto," gothic novel by Horace Walpole which tells the story of Manfred and his family |
|
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| Man from Lima in class |
|
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| "Howl's Moving ___," fantasy film directed by Hayao Miyazaki based on a novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones |
|
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| Keep actors on line before end of scene |
|
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| Model on the radio welcoming line in The Palace |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Feb 2020 |
| Rook |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Feb 2020 |
| "___ on the Hill," song by Ed Sheeran from his third studio album |
|
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| Keep learner in class |
|
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| Fairy tale king's palace |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2019 |
| Lost in class in the big house perhaps |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Aug 2019 |
| Spy's licence to eliminate civilians and corrupted leaders — 0-0, say |
|
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| Chateau |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Fortified stronghold and lake in order |
|
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| King's place |
|
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| Move Englishman's home |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 May 2019 |
| Fortress |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 May 2019 |
| Characters approaching the French fort |
|
|
| House of the lord? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Keep left in station |
|
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| Rook, to inexperienced players |
|
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| A Celt's building in Dungannon owned by Hugh O'Neill |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Playing piece has all the actors leave gutted |
|
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| Strewn about the French H |
|
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| Fortified royal residence |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2018 |
| New and bouncy building? |
|
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| Structure protected by a moat |
The Washington Post |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Structure protected by a moat |
LA Times Daily |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Keep short soldier back in case |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Fortress; rook |
The Times Concise |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Man given role starts to look exasperated |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Aug 2018 |
| Royal palace |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2018 |
| King's home |
Premier Sunday |
05 Aug 2018 |
| Fort |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Aug 2018 |
| Piece left in social system |
|
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| Class invaded by large rook |
|
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| Group of people surround large fortification |
|
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| King's grand home |
|
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| Keep those who play with the French |
|
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| Fortified building |
The Times Concise |
07 Jun 2018 |
| Man left in class in India |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Mar 2018 |
| Structure protected by a moat |
|
|
| Knight 'hood? |
New York Times |
21 Dec 2017 |
| One of 600+ Welsh attractions |
Newsday |
18 Nov 2017 |
| Once-per-player chess move |
The Washington Post |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Once-per-player chess move |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Group of actors at the French building |
|
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| Move to protect the king, say |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Fortified building |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jul 2017 |
| Building legal action to restrain Returning Officer |
|
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| Keep house? |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2017 |
| Monarch's home |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Move two pieces at once, in chess |
USA Today |
06 May 2017 |
| Chess piece |
The Times Concise |
03 May 2017 |
| Rook‘s fortress |
|
|
| Man initially cornered in big building |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Feb 2017 |
| Move two pieces at once, in chess |
|
|
| Knight 'hood? |
|
|
| Move to protect the king, say |
|
|
| Once-per-player chess move |
|
|
| Palace relative |
Universal |
17 Dec 2016 |
| Chess piece lieutenant put back in box |
|
|
| Local structure moulded by the French |
|
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| Keep the French behind shed |
|
|
| Large building; rook |
The Times Concise |
22 Aug 2016 |
| Rook's representation |
Jonesin |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Station guards left large building |
|
|
| Keep players from mid-Wales and Spain |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 Jun 2016 |
| Residence fit for a king |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2016 |
| Keep half of cake star left |
|
|
| Rook in ancient building? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 May 2016 |
| Fairy tale setting |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2016 |
| Keep setting |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Apr 2016 |
| Fifty visiting class mansion, imposing |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Apr 2016 |
| Liberal class has a stronghold |
|
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| Home for an old king |
Universal |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Rook's stronghold |
|
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| Man thrown, lake emptied |
|
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| Queen venue |
|
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| Chess piece or Yukon mountain |
Canadiana |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Blarney, for one |
The Washington Post |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Players found in gainful employment following 1 |
|
|
| Man left in class |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Sep 2015 |
| Fortified stronghold |
The Times Concise |
24 Aug 2015 |
| Move to protect the King |
|
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| Throw out exterior of lettuce for rook |
|
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| Acts differently on the French fort |
|
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| Jimi Hendrix might make one out of "Sand" |
|
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| Royal palace |
|
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| Rook |
|
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| Keep house? |
|
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| Rich stars might have a moat around one |
|
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| Blarney, for one |
|
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| Social group welcomes Liberal in Leeds, say? |
|
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| Queen's quarters |
|
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| King's place |
|
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| Fairy-tale locale |
|
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| Balmoral attraction |
|
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| Queen's quarters |
|
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| Move at chess where players lose side pieces |
|
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| Man getting Roosevelt sacked, partially recovered |
|
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| Common aquarium feature |
|
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| Really big house |
|
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| Corner piece |
|
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| Stronghold of old |
|
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| Elsinore or Balmoral, e.g. |
|
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| Balmoral attraction |
|
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| Chess move |
|
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| Way to relocate a king |
|
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| Vernon or Irene of ballroom fame |
|
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| Way to relocate a king |
|
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| Royal residence |
|
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| Knight's neighbor |
|
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| Fairy-tale home |
|
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| Setting for many a fairy tale |
|
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| Home for a king |
|
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| Common miniature golf course feature |
|
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| Chess move you can only make once |
|
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| Chess move you can only make once |
|
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| Chess verb |
|
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| Balmoral, e.g. |
|
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| Windsor, notably |
|
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| "Harold & Kumar Go to White ___" |
|
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| See 90-Across |
|
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| Fortified stronghold |
|
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| Structure with towers and parapets |
|
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| Structure with towers and parapets |
|
|
| Kafka novel, with "The" |
|
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| Chess piece |
|
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| Rook |
|
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| Dracula's home |
|
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| It may be made of sand |
|
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| It may be made of sand |
|
|
| Place to stay for the knight? |
|
|
| Fairy tale dwelling |
|
|
| Fairy tale setting |
|
|
| Balmoral, for one |
|
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| Only chess move in which two pieces move on the same turn |
|
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| Regal digs |
|
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| King's stronghold |
|
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| Regal digs |
|
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| Keep place |
|
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| Windsor, for example |
|
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| Move for Deep Blue |
|
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| Chess move |
|
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| Noble abode |
|
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| Noble abode |
|
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| Rook |
|
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| Rook |
|
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| Beach construction |
|
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| Royal home |
|
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| Corner man |
|
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| King's residence |
|
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| Fortified building |
|
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| Make a chess move |
|
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| Fairy tale locale |
|
|
| Labour leader welcomed by social class in eg Leeds |
|
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| Rook |
|
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| Blarney, for one |
|
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| Edinburgh attraction |
|
|
| Royal home |
|
|
| Windsor, for one |
|
|
| Dungeons & Dragons locale |
|
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| Palatial residence |
|
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| Royal residents |
|
|
| Where to find a donjon |
|
|
| Chess maneuver |
|
|
| Haunted place at times |
|
|
| Windsor, e.g. |
|
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| Arthur's retreat |
|
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| Rook |
|
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| A man's home, proverbially |
|
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| Fastness |
|
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| Sandbox edifice |
|
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| Warwick, for one |
|
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| Chess piece |
|
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| Make a certain chess move |
|
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| Scott's "___ Dangerous" |
|
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| She introduced the one-step |
|
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| Macbeth's place |
|
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| Moat's protégé, in a way |
|
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| " . . . house is his ___" |
|
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| Windsor or Vernon |
|
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| Man's home |
|
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| Stronghold |
|
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| Stronghold. |
|
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| Chess move |
|
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| "Have fun storming the ___!" ("The Princess Bride") |
|
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| Name in dancing. |
|
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| Chess piece. |
|
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| Irene, of bobbed hair fame. |
|
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| Royal fortress. |
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| Vernon or Irene. |
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| Man's home. |
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| Windsor home of Britain's royal family. |
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| Next to the knight |
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| Windsor, for instance. |
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| Balmoral. |
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| Grace Kelly's new home. |
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