Venomous American chess player opening with sacrifice of knight Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Venomous American chess player opening with sacrifice of knight last seen in Guardian Cryptic 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BLACKWIDOW.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BLACKWIDOW Venomous American chess player opening with sacrifice of knight (10) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 30, 2022
98% BLACK WIDOW Venomous American chess player opening with sacrifice of knight (11)
3% FORGO Sacrifice (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 30, 2025
3% BLACKANDWHITE Unqualified chess players (13) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 14, 2025
3% PLOY Knight sacrifice in chess, for one (4) Family Time Mar 6, 2022
2% COLORADAN American players' association in Panama City (9) The Times Cryptic Dec 4, 2025
2% GILA ___ monster (venomous lizard) (4) New York Times Mini Dec 2, 2025
2% DAMES Knights' counterparts (5) Universal Dec 2, 2025
2% SIR Knight's title (3)
2% STEED Knight's horse (5) USA Today Nov 24, 2025

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