Unusual to expose rook rather than bishop Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% RARE Unusual to expose rook rather than bishop (4)
6% LIEU In ___ of (rather than) (4) USA Today Sep 5, 2025
5% BARED Exposed (5) USA Today Sep 17, 2025
5% OUTED Exposed (5) LA Times Daily Sep 7, 2025
5% PRIMATE Bishop, pawn then rook? I end chess game (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 5, 2025
5% INTHENEARFUTURE Sooner rather than later (15) New York Times Aug 15, 2025
4% ODD Unusual (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 14, 2025
4% RAVEN Bird related to the rook (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 14, 2025
4% EGGCORN In speech rather than song, the equivalent of "mondegreen" (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Oct 12, 2025
4% PRELATE Bishop, e.g. (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 11, 2025
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