Black king evading opponent's piece? Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Black king evading opponent's piece? featured in Times Cryptic puzzle on August 10, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NIGHT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NIGHT Black king evading opponent's piece? (5) The Times Cryptic Aug 10, 2026
55% ELUDE Evade (5) Newsday Aug 5, 2026
50% SIDESTEP Neatly evade (8) The Times Concise Jul 6, 2026
50% REVOKES King finished revolutionary opponents and withdraws (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Jul 3, 2026
50% MINISKIRT Evade (9) New York Times May 21, 2026
50% DODGES Evades (6) Eugene Sheffer May 1, 2026
48% FOE Opponent (3) New York Times Jul 20, 2026
48% FACE Evade antonym (4) Newsday Jun 27, 2026
48% ESCAPED Evaded (7) (7) Mirror Quick Jun 4, 2026
46% EVIL Good opponent (4) Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 2026

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