Board game? Crossword Clue

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Board game? Crossword Answer

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CHESS

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BACKGAMMON

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BOARD (verb)
1. get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
2. live and take one’s meals at or in
BOARD (noun)
1. a table at which meals are served
2. a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
GAME (noun)
1. your occupation or line of work
2. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
GAME (adjective)
1. willing to face danger
2. disabled in the feet or legs
GAME (verb)
1. place a bet on

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

CHESS
(5 letters)
BACKGAMMON
(10 letters)

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More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (9/19/2026) Answers

Across

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20. "Yeah, right"

21. Formal meal

23. Supporter

24. Mentors, as a 10-Across student

25. "Come stay ___!"

28. Moving companies?

29. Suspect

30. Event site

31. “Over here!”

33. Cover with asphalt

34. Plea to a handyman

35. Single

36. Fr. holy woman

37. Greece's largest island

38. Model airplane wood

39. These are nuts!

41. Crystal-lined rocks

42. IPads and Fires

43. ___ serif (font like Century Gothic)

44. Checked out from a library, say

45. Coin with an oak branch on its reverse

46. Gobbled up or chowed down

49. Coastal inlet

50. Song like "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

53. Music holders that might be burned, for short

54. Just relax

55. Scorching

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Down

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3. Join hands?

4. Extra playing periods, for short

5. "Of course it isn't, you goofball!"

6. Move up and down, as a figurine's head

7. R&B's ___ Brothers

8. Train whistle sound

9. "You reap what you ___"

10. Request to stay on the line

11. Savvy

14. Yap about crosswords, say

17. Sketch-and-song show

22. One of 21 on a standard six-sided die

23. Helper

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25. Egyptian serpents

26. Question from someone who wants to help

27. Really enjoy yourself

28. Messages that might contain emoji

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32. Passing remarks?

34. Don't you worry

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37. What talk is, in a saying

38. Inferior to

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41. Netflix's "The Queen's ___"

42. Object in the Statue of Liberty's right hand

43. Yes ___ Bob!

45. Ice hockey feint

46. Mystery author Bradley

47. Piece of work, literally

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