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Some Chess Tactics Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PINS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%4Exact Match!
237%7 Artist and chess player who said "While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists"
327%8Chess player who held the title of World Senior Chess Champion

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We think the answer is "PINS" which means:

    noun
  • • A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
  • • A number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts
  • • When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
  • • Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
  • • Informal terms for the leg
  • • Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
  • • Cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
  • • Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
  • • A small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
  • • A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
  • • A club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
  • verb
  • • To hold fast or prevent from moving
  • • Attach or fasten with pins
  • • Pierce with a pin
  • • (chess) immobilize a piece

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He used pins to attach the fabric to the mannequin."
  • • "She won a gold medal in the olympic pins collecting competition."

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New York Times26 Apr 2024 Down 27
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