Moves a bishop by one square onto a long diagonal Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Moves a bishop by one square onto a long diagonal featured in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle on January 18, 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 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FIANCHETTOES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FIANCHETTOES Moves a bishop by one square onto a long diagonal (12) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 18, 2026
3% BISHOPS Pieces that make diagonal moves (7) Wall Street Journal Nov 11, 2025
3% ROOK Chess piece that can't move diagonally (4) USA Today Nov 4, 2025
3% FIANCHETTO In chess, the development of a bishop by moving one square to a long diagonal (10) The Times Specialist Sunday May 12, 2024
2% GLOM Latch (onto) (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 17, 2026
2% OHO "I'm onto you now!" (3) USA Today Jan 13, 2026
2% PATCH Quilting square (5) USA Today Jan 13, 2026
2% YENS Longings (4) Thomas Joseph Jan 12, 2026
2% NERDY Square (5) LA Times Daily Jan 11, 2026
2% ASTIR On the move (5) The Telegraph Plusword Jan 9, 2026

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