A fortress of sand, stone or wood; or, an old name for a scacchic rook (6) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CASTLE A fortress of sand, stone or wood; or, an old name for a scacchic rook (6) (6)
4% CREAK Sound made by old wood floors (5) USA Today Jan 27, 2026
4% CITADEL Fortress, castle (7) (7) Puzzler Jan 23, 2026
4% SPOON In golf, a former name for a no 3 wood (5) (5) Mirror Quiz Jan 23, 2026
4% FOREST Woods (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 19, 2026
4% WICKS They burn witches primarily on pieces of wood, not stone (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 12, 2026
4% DUNES Sand hills (5) The Times Sunday Concise Jan 11, 2026
4% OCULIST An old name for an ophthalmologist (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 4, 2026
4% SILICA Sand substance (6) Eugene Sheffer Jan 1, 2026
4% EDO Old name for Tokyo (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 30, 2025
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