Any Oblique Line Of Same Colour Squares Along Which A Bishop Or Queen Can Move In Chess A Line Joining Two Non Adjacent Vertices Of A Polygon Or A Slashsolidus Crossword Clue

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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: DIAGONAL

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1	99%	8		Exact Match!
2	64%	12		Developed a chess bishop on squares that are two squares away from its initial position.
3	59%	14		In a regular hexagon, the line segment connecting any two non-adjacent vertices

We think the answer is "DIAGONAL" which means:

noun

• (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
• A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
• An oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
• (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
• A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

adjective satellite

• Connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
• Having an oblique or slanted direction

adjective

• Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
• Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
• Having a slanted or oblique direction.
• Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.

An example sentence would be:

• "The carpenter measured the diagonal of the room to determine the length of the floorboards."
• "The mathematician drew a diagonal across the square."

We think you're currently doing a Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword, and other users also searched for these clues:

Word for the fundus of something, such as a statue’s pedestal or a pillar’s foot, also used in its old-fashioned sense to mean “ignoble”
Titles rolled at the end of a film in recognition of cast/crew; or, a list of acknowledgements in a book
Word, coined by a sea captain and thought to derive from the Greek for “wheel, coil of a snake”, for a system of winds spiralling inwards

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	Clue	Source
1	Any chess move in which one gives up a piece, informally New York Times - 02 Jun 2023	New York Times / 02 Jun 2023
2	Chess situation in which any move is a bad move New York Times - 03 Sep 2016	New York Times / 03 Sep 2016
3	Developed a chess bishop on squares that are two squares away from its initial position.
4	From the Greek for “through”, a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a square or other polygon; a slanting row of squares of the same colour on a chessboard; or, the bias of cloth Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 29 Apr 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 29 Apr 2023
5	In a regular hexagon, the line segment connecting any two non-adjacent vertices
6	Joining non-adjacent corners The Guardian Quick - 22 Nov 2006	The Guardian Quick / 22 Nov 2006
7	Lines along which the vertices of polygons meet; brinks of cliffs or precipices; sharpened sides of blades; or, borders of anything Telegraph Herculis - 30 Jan 2023	Telegraph Herculis / 30 Jan 2023

Virgule
Bias
Short cut, maybe
Moor's enemy breaks up ground that's sloping
From corner to corner
Slash
Joining non-adjacent corners
Through the corners
Shortcut, perhaps
Raised support along cracks running at angle

Slanting
Raise help with a long organised line
*Shortcut path, maybe
Crooked Democrat's in gaol with a criminal
Crooked Shakespearean character enters country from the south
Slanting support raised along breaks
Oblique
Straight line on a slant
From the Greek for “through”, a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a square or other polygon; a slanting row of squares of the same colour on a chessboard; or, the bias of cloth

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