| Sound final whistle in play (7) |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Sep 2025 |
| Final phase in chess |
The Times Concise |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Beckett play, odd piece, hobbling (7) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Checkmate phase |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2025 |
| King under threat here to kill pheasant? |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2025 |
| Final stage |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2025 |
| Part of chess match where few pieces left (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
06 May 2025 |
| Chess strategy study |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2025 |
| 1957 stage play by Samuel Beckett |
Mirror Quiz |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Time involving checks of wild animals following death |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Apr 2025 |
| 2019 superhero sequel Avengers: ___ (7) |
|
|
| One-act play by Samuel Beckett originally written in French as Fin de portie (7) |
|
|
| Not many pieces left, so call off the match (3,4) |
|
|
| Chess finish |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Last stages of a contest (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
03 Feb 2025 |
| 1957 stage play by Samuel Beckett |
Mirror Quiz |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Play match after goal (7) |
|
|
| Aged men supply drama with bins |
|
|
| "reputation" song about a forever relationship |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2024 |
| King here under pressure to kill deer? |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Final stage |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Final stages of an extended strategic process (7) |
|
|
| Fourth title in the Avengers film series, scheduled for release on April 26 2019 (7) |
|
|
| 1957 play by Samuel Beckett (7) |
|
|
| Chess phase when a king is most vulnerable (7) |
|
|
| Final leg of a chess match (7) |
|
|
| Final stage |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Close match leading to drama |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Object with spirit to close of play (7) |
|
|
| One-act play by Samuel Beckett, first performed in 1957 (7) |
|
|
| 1957 one-act play by Samuel Beckett originally written in French as Fin de partie (7) |
|
|
| Aged men involved in a bit of chess (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Aged men involved in a bit of chess (7) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Avengers:____, superhero film and what answers to asterisked clues have |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Aged men involved in a bit of chess (7) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
21 Sep 2024 |
| Aged men involved in a bit of chess (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Sep 2024 |
| Chess finish |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Final stages in playing chess (7) |
|
|
| Final moves at chess gained me one fewer alternative (7) |
|
|
| Final stage |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Aug 2024 |
| King under threat here to kill pheasant? |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Final stage of a chess match |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Final stage at chess (7) |
|
|
| When mates come together? |
|
|
| Aim to get grouse in final stage (3-4) |
|
|
| Final stage in chess |
Universal |
31 May 2024 |
| Final play, in chess (7) |
|
|
| Final stage of chess (7) |
|
|
| Beckett play with the characters Hamm and Clov (7) |
|
|
| Avengers: _______ |
|
|
| Last stage on board (7) |
|
|
| "Avengers: ___" |
TV |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Full of fight after goal in final part of match |
|
|
| Final Avengers film in the Infinity Saga |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Last phase of play in chess |
The Times Concise |
16 Feb 2024 |
| 1957 Beckett play set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Final chess match stage |
Family Time |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Beckett piece will finish with something amusing |
|
|
| 1957 stage play by Samuel Beckett |
Mirror Quiz |
21 Jan 2024 |
| When kings become powerful, in chess |
|
|
| The final moves on board for aged men. perhaps (3.4) |
|
|
| Final stages of contest |
|
|
| Conclusion reached on board - school of whales is in terrible need (7) |
|
|
| Conclusion reached on board -- school of whales is in terrible need |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Last plays — one of Beckett’s |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Nov 2023 |
| Parisian in grand lady's housing when queens have gone off, maybe? |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Aged men stumbling into final stage |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Final stages of a chess match |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2023 |
| Last stage of a chess match |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Final and decisive phase |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Aged men prepared for final stage |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Mar 2023 |
| Final phase of the contest |
The Guardian Speedy |
08 Jan 2023 |
| Cambridge college deprived of ale backing enquiry initially — where check expected? |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Play in close match |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Sep 2022 |
| Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2022 |
| Mating time |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2022 |
| When mate's most likely to kill grouse? |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Moves to mate, perhaps willing to support objective |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Dec 2021 |
| Final stages of a chess game, negotiation, etc |
The Guardian Speedy |
05 Dec 2021 |
| Last stage of a chess match |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2021 |
| Willing to support objective when mate approaches? |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Oct 2021 |
| BBC boss wearing electronic tag has time for mate |
|
|
| Final stage managed somehow, Australia slips away while England is in front |
|
|
| Willing to finish first — it's nearly over now |
|
|
| Last part of a chess match |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2020 |
| Men aged badly; this is the final stage |
|
|
| Chess finish |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Jul 2020 |
| Final stage of play |
The Times Concise |
27 May 2020 |
| Period with few pieces |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 May 2020 |
| "Avengers: ___," 2019 superhero movie |
|
|
| Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2020 |
| Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
The Washington Post |
17 Mar 2020 |
| When checkmate is most likely to occur |
|
|
| "Avengers: ___," 2019 superhero action film that is one of the highest-grossing action films of all time |
|
|
| "Avengers: ___," superhero movie starring Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo that was one of the biggest hits of 2019 |
|
|
| Point at Lord Hall gatecrashing celebrity finale |
|
|
| Lead-in to a mate, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2019 |
| 2019 Avengers movie, or what each starred answer has |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Wind up willing -- mate follows this |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Sep 2019 |
| When a king could be under pressure to kill pheasants, perhaps |
|
|
| "Avengers: ___," 2019 Marvel superhero film in which Chris Hemsworth (birthday today) plays Thor |
|
|
| *Last stage of a chess match |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2019 |
| *Last stage of a chess match |
The Washington Post |
14 May 2019 |
| Chess match finale |
The Washington Post |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Chess match finale |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Aim to gamble in contest's final stage |
|
|
| Final stage, in chess |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2019 |
| Lead-in to a mate, perhaps |
|
|
| *Last stage of a chess match |
|
|
| Chess match finale |
|
|
| Final stage, in chess |
|
|
| 2019 Avengers movie, or what each starred answer has |
|
|
| Den rebuilt by wild animals in stage before mating, often |
|
|
| When mate's expected on board? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Dec 2018 |
| Badly need to cover magazine returned for final stage of competition |
|
|
| Supply aged men when one seeks a mate |
|
|
| Final stage of a chess match |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2018 |
| Final stage of a chess match |
The Washington Post |
24 Oct 2018 |
| Close match leading to drama |
|
|
| Finale in chess |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jul 2018 |
| Final stage |
New York Times |
26 May 2018 |
| Situation in which bishops may have been done away with |
|
|
| When the fewest pieces are on the chess board |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2018 |
| When the fewest pieces are on the chess board |
The Washington Post |
01 Mar 2018 |
| Final stage of a chess match |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Sound final whistle, perhaps, leading to drama |
|
|
| Final stage of a chess match |
|
|
| When the fewest pieces are on the chess board |
|
|
| Final stage of a chess match |
|
|
| Final stage |
|
|
| Kill grouse etc, when ultimate strategy comes into play |
|
|
| *Final part of a chess match |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2017 |
| *Final part of a chess match |
The Washington Post |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Final period distressed aged men |
|
|
| Mate's lead-in |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2017 |
| *Final part of a chess match |
|
|
| Aged men contrived last moves |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Oct 2016 |
| Final stage of a chess match |
Family Time |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Stop play just before mating? |
|
|
| Chess denouement |
Newsday |
08 Sep 2016 |
| Part of a chess match when most of the pieces are off the board |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Denouement for checker's mate, perhaps |
|
|
| Lead-up to mating |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2016 |
| Mating time |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Apr 2016 |
| Part of a chess match when most of the pieces are off the board |
|
|
| Lead-up to mating |
|
|
| Final chess stage |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2015 |
| Stage in which you are close to getting a mate? |
The Washington Post |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Final check -- business is on target |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Board action when BBC boss intercepts English celebrity |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Jun 2015 |
| Chess sequence |
Universal |
29 May 2015 |
| King vs. king-and-pawn situation |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2015 |
| Final stages |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Apr 2015 |
| Final chess stage |
|
|
| Chess sequence |
|
|
| Stage when a king is most vulnerable |
|
|
| King vs. king-and-pawn situation |
|
|
| Final chess-match phase |
|
|
| Wearing electronic tag, BBC boss's mate arriving here soon? |
|
|
| Chess closing |
|
|
| Board finish |
|
|
| Final stage of a chess match |
|
|
| Final stage of a chess match |
|
|
| Chess climax |
|
|
| Chess closing |
|
|
| Chess-match phase |
|
|
| Beckett play |
|
|
| Final chess stage |
|
|
| Late stages |
|
|
| Chess segment with few pieces on the board |
|
|
| Chess segment with few pieces on the board |
|
|
| When queening usually occurs |
|
|
| Final stage, in chess |
|
|
| Chess closing |
|
|
| Chess closing |
|
|
| Final stage |
|
|
| Phase of chess |
|
|
| Final stage |
|
|
| Phase of chess |
|
|
| Chess sequence |
|
|
| Area of chess study |
|
|
| Final move |
|
|
| Chess situation |
|
|
| Chess finale |
|
|
| Final stage in a chess match |
|
|
| Last stage of strategy, in chess |
|
|
| Chess climax |
|
|
| Concluding stage at whist. |
|
|
| Beckett play |
|
|
| Check out time? |
|
|