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verb • deprive of by deceit • manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | ||||
| 53% | 8 | Type of chess move where the king moves two squares towards the rook and the rook moves to the square next to the king | ||
noun • (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank • United States actor (1914-1998) • a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law • United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959) • United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835) | ||||
| 27% | 7 | Placed the king and rook together, in chess | ||
adjective satellite • having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement | ||||
Rook Carried Out And Led Off
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DIDDLE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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DIDDLE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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