Break through, with knight or bishop, say, capturing rook or queen Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Break through, with knight or bishop, say, capturing rook or queen last seen in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle. 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PIERCE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PIERCE Break through, with knight or bishop, say, capturing rook or queen (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Jun 12, 2016
6% PEACE Tranquillity of bishop or knight, say? (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 28, 2025
5% KNEELS Prepares to be knighted, say (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 22, 2025
5% TRAP Capture through deceit (4) Universal Aug 28, 2025
5% PENETRATE Break through (9) (9) Mirror Classic Aug 27, 2025
5% JACONET Black capturing a rook getting material (7) The Times Mephisto Aug 24, 2025
5% CHESS Identify this game by its pieces! King, queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn (5)
5% BANNER Flag seen when queen is captured by bishop and rook (6)
5% MEN Knights, bishops, rooks, etc (3) New York Times Oct 26, 2018
4% SPRAT Fish and rook in quarrel (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 3, 2025

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