The chess piece which starts on a1 Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The chess piece which starts on a1 last seen in Times Specialist Sunday 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ROOK.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ROOK The chess piece which starts on a1 (4) The Times Specialist Sunday Jun 8, 2025
3% KING Key chess piece (4) New York Times Aug 17, 2026
3% S Certain chess piece (1) USA Today Quick Aug 14, 2026
3% CRACKING A1 breaking up (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Aug 11, 2026
3% MITRE Certain chess piece evocation (5) Newsday Aug 8, 2026
3% KNIGHT Chess piece that moves in an L-shape (6) USA Today Jul 14, 2026
3% MEN Chess pieces (3) Thomas Joseph Jun 27, 2026
3% ROYALFORK Chess tactic in which the king and queen are attacked simultaneously by a single piece (9) New York Times Jun 26, 2026
3% TOOK Captured, as a chess piece (4) Universal Jun 24, 2026
3% SPAWN Produce second chess piece (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Jun 11, 2026

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