Chess or charades Crossword Clue

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Chess or charades Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. your occupation or line of work
2. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
(adjective)
1. willing to face danger
2. disabled in the feet or legs
(verb)
1. place a bet on

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CHARADES (noun)
1. guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess
CHESS (noun)
1. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
2. a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent’s king

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
MAGE

More Newsday Crossword (6/2/2026) Answers

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9. Caps and derbies

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15. Triple-decker cookie

16. Author's negotiator

17. French girlfriend

18. Page of a book

19. Succeed in wooing that lady

22. Hanks or Cruise of films

23. Meet with

27. Top naval officer: Abbr.

30. Computer mouse sounds

35. Spanish cheer

36. International org. based in NYC

38. Lorna of literature

39. Regard as very important

42. Helicopter blade

43. ) or (, for short

44. Rockies and Alps: Abbr.

45. Seafood in a shell

47. Mauna __ macadamia nuts

48. Pillow covering

49. Express verbally

51. Hoops league: Abbr.

53. Entertain successfully

62. Home for bees

63. Revered advisor

64. Celebrate noisily

65. Word-of-mouth

66. At a tie score

67. Current style

68. Relate, as a story

69. Classroom furniture

70. Difficult

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Down

1. Yuletide wise trio

2. Adam's first home

3. Upper House of Congress

4. When a late lunch may end

5. Any sports squad

6. __ mater (former school)

7. Dimes and quarters

8. "Just a moment"

9. Donut's center

10. Region

11. Rip in paper

12. Pillowlike

13. Crow's sound

20. Nebraska city

21. Bottled (up)

24. Start playing for pay

25. Brass or bronze

26. Steaks and pork chops

28. Pirate captain portrayer Johnny

29. Large wall picture

31. Written promise to repay

32. Part of a semicolon

33. Pretzel shapes

34. Sight or hearing

36. Mother __ (Peace Prize nun)

37. Evil Roman emperor

40. Foldaway bed

41. __ to be (fated)

46. Tattered, as cloth

48. Photo taker

50. "__ got to be kidding!"

52. New parents' celebration

53. ___ in the dark (wild guess)

54. Give a job to

55. O-shaped

56. Feeling healthy

57. Metallic rocks

58. Dip a donut into coffee

59. Hardly __ (rarely)

60. __ bar (serve drinks)

61. Ancient

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