Being from the same background, bishop breaks deadlock Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STABLEMATE Being from the same background, bishop breaks deadlock (10) The Times Cryptic Feb 6, 2015
5% GSOLO Break from the band (5) Wall Street Journal Jan 15, 2026
5% WALLPAPER Screen background (9) The Times Sunday Concise Dec 28, 2025
5% SET Hadestown background (3) The Atlantic Dec 18, 2025
5% STALEMATE Deadlock (9) (9) Mirror Classic Dec 11, 2025
4% PIECE Bishop, e.g. (5) New York Times Feb 19, 2026
4% EVANS Welsh surname derived from the same root as Jones (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Feb 15, 2026
4% SEE Bishop's locale (3) New York Times Feb 13, 2026
4% TERNS Seabirds from the same family as gulls (5) The Telegraph Mini Feb 12, 2026
4% EPISCOPAL Governed by bishops (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 12, 2026

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