Top player growing old captures pawn - a quick way to check mate Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Top player growing old captures pawn - a quick way to check mate featured in Telegraph Toughie puzzle on October 21, 2025. 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 SPEEDDATING.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPEEDDATING Top player growing old captures pawn - a quick way to check mate (11) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 21, 2025
5% AGES Grows old (4) The Telegraph Mini Oct 16, 2025
5% ALLSTARS Players at the top of their game? (8) The Atlantic Oct 10, 2025
5% ATEAM Top players (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 9, 2025
5% AGE Grow old (3) Puzzler Backwords Oct 2, 2025
5% TRAPPED Tricked, go back to capture pawn (7) The Times Cryptic Sep 18, 2025
4% NOR Neither mate (3) LA Times Mini Oct 21, 2025
4% CHESS Game with pawns (5) USA Today Oct 20, 2025
4% HASTE Quickness (5) Premier Sunday Oct 19, 2025
4% GDAY Greeting to a mate (4) LA Times Daily Oct 19, 2025

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