Knight, say, capturing rook to make a breakthrough Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Knight, say, capturing rook to make a breakthrough . 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 Knight, say, capturing rook to make a breakthrough (6)
6% CHESSMAN Knight or rook (8) The Sun Two Speed Jul 16, 2025
5% RAVEN Bird related to the rook (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 14, 2025
5% SQUIRES Knights-to-be (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 11, 2025
5% NAB Capture (3) Commuter Oct 9, 2025
5% INVOICE Account from one knight, say (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 1, 2025
5% BAKE Make a cake, say (4) LA Times Daily Sep 22, 2025
5% EARN Make money, say (4)
5% BUDGE Move, say, knight up (5) The Times Cryptic Sep 19, 2025
5% BREW Make coffee, say (4)
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