Nearly trick chess champion, making exchanges Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Nearly trick chess champion, making exchanges last seen in Guardian 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TRADING.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TRADING Nearly trick chess champion, making exchanges (7) The Guardian Cryptic Jun 22, 2023
6% SWAP Make an exchange (4)
5% ROOK Chess piece (4) The Telegraph Quick Jan 8, 2026
5% MEN Chess pieces (3) New York Times Dec 28, 2025
5% MOST Nearly all (4) Universal Dec 26, 2025
5% MOVE Turn in chess (4) Commuter Dec 25, 2025
5% GAME Chess or canasta (4) Commuter Dec 25, 2025
5% GAMBIT Chess sacrifice (6) Puzzler Backwords Dec 24, 2025
5% ALMOST Nearly (6) The Times Concise Dec 15, 2025
5% PLOYS Tricks (5) New York Times Dec 5, 2025

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