The first British player to participate in a 20th-century world chess championship final Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The first British player to participate in a 20th-century world chess championship final 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 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NIGEL SHORT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NIGEL SHORT The first British player to participate in a 20th-century world chess championship final (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Jul 12, 2020
3% EBAYER A participant in 21st-century auctions (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 30, 2025
3% BLACKANDWHITE Unqualified chess players (13) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 14, 2025
2% EMMA British tennis player Raducanu (4) LA Times Daily Nov 28, 2025
2% ATLAST Finally (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 28, 2025
2% SCHECKTER Jody -, 1979 F1 World Drivers' Championship winner (9) (9) Mirror Quiz Nov 26, 2025
2% EMPIREDAY British celebration first observed in 1902 (9) Wall Street Journal Nov 24, 2025
2% DINAASHERSMITH British sprinter who won three medals at the 2019 World Championships (14) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 23, 2025
2% LAST Final (4) Commuter Nov 21, 2025
2% MRT Actor who participated in the first WrestleMania event, in 1985 (3) New York Times Nov 20, 2025

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