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Here is the answer for the crossword clue King nearly beginning to take piece 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 KNIGHT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% KNIGHT King nearly beginning to take piece (6) The Telegraph Cryptic May 11, 2023
3% MOST Nearly all (4) Universal Dec 26, 2025
3% DISMANTLE Take apart piece by piece (9) (9) Mirror Classic Dec 17, 2025
3% ALMOST Nearly (6) The Times Concise Dec 15, 2025
3% PROTO Beginning beginning? (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 13, 2025
3% LAMER Not nearly as cool (5) New York Times Dec 2, 2025
3% KNIGHTS King nearly takes unoccupied pieces (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 14, 2017
2% ONSET Beginning (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 8, 2026
2% REY Spanish king (3) Thomas Joseph Jan 6, 2026
2% LEAR Shakespearean king (4) Thomas Joseph Jan 5, 2026

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