Thrust pawn, say, to capture rook Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Thrust pawn, say, to capture rook . 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PIERCE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PIERCE Thrust pawn, say, to capture rook (6)
6% CHESS Game with pawns and rooks (5) (5) Mirror Classic Nov 26, 2025
5% PRETTY Fairly mean to capture rook (6) (6) The Sun Two Speed Jan 4, 2026
5% HOCKS Pawns (5) The Telegraph Quick Dec 16, 2025
5% TAKEN Captured (5) The Times Concise Dec 12, 2025
5% RAPID Quick attack capturing pawn (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 30, 2025
5% CHESSPIECE Rook, or pawn (10) The Telegraph Quick Feb 13, 2023
5% PROP Support pawns capturing rook, oddly (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Jul 27, 2022
5% MOVED Captured a pawn, say (5) Newsday Apr 18, 2021
5% MEN Rooks or pawns (3)
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