Never place rook in the middle, player gets butterflies in stomach Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NERVES Never place rook in the middle, player gets butterflies in stomach (6)
5% ABIDE Stomach (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 30, 2025
5% JACONET Black capturing a rook getting material (7) The Times Mephisto Aug 24, 2025
5% ARCADE Place for players (6) Wall Street Journal Jul 29, 2025
4% SPA Place to get a facial (3) USA Today Oct 14, 2025
4% RAVEN Bird related to the rook (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 14, 2025
4% NOW "It's ___ or never" (3)
4% WAIST Middle (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 12, 2025
4% CROW Corvid, rook, hidden by bovine (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 9, 2025
4% MADAMA Puccini's "___ Butterfly" (6) New York Times Oct 7, 2025
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