Lone rook taken by a spectator (8) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ONLOOKER Lone rook taken by a spectator (8) (8)
6% CHESS Game with rooks (5) Thomas Joseph Dec 1, 2025
6% ONLOOKERS Lone rooks became spectators (9) (9)
5% WOLF It might go after dire, lone or were (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 7, 2026
5% WREN Rook eaten by large city bird (4) (4) The Sun Two Speed Jan 5, 2026
5% PRETTY Fairly mean to capture rook (6) (6) The Sun Two Speed Jan 4, 2026
5% ORAL Taken by mouth (4) Commuter Dec 31, 2025
5% SLAIN Taken down, as a dragon (5) Universal Dec 28, 2025
5% OBSERVER Spectator, or another weekly publication (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 24, 2025
5% GULLIBLE Easily taken in (8) (8) Mirror Classic Dec 22, 2025
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