Chess piece that can be promoted Crossword Clue

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Chess piece that can be promoted Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. leave as a guarantee in return for money
(noun)
1. a person used by another to gain an end
2. an article deposited as security

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

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
PIECE (verb)
1. repair by adding pieces
2. eat intermittently; take small bites of
PIECE (noun)
1. a portion of a natural object
2. an item that is an instance of some type

More NYT Crossword (9/3/2025) Answers

Across

1. Project for a beginning knitter

6. Petri dish medium

10. Niecy ___ of "Clean House"

14. Exposed, as one's dirty laundry

15. Protein in a niçoise salad

16. Guthrie who sang “Alice’s Restaurant”

17. Neutral shade in some Florida décor?

19. One getting top billing

20. Just OK

21. Break in the action

22. Censures

23. Lighthearted invitation for joining one's sled team?

26. 'Is this thing on?'

29. Fish feared by dragons in "How to Train Your Dragon"

30. Cry of defeat

34. Creature of Sherpa folklore

37. Chop (off)

38. Fancify … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 62-Across

41. Stalling sounds

42. Tolkien Trilogy to Fans

44. Word after latch or glom

45. "Death of a Salesman" salesman

47. A half-filled auditorium, per Robert Frost

49. Puts the pedal to the metal

50. Headline during a zombie attack?

55. Pair of cymbals with a foot pedal

56. Gain

57. World's most-watched television franchise, informally

61. School within both Princeton and Carleton?

62. Price of makeup at the dollar store, informally?

64. No longer applicable

65. Feel sore

66. Console for the game Pitfall!

67. Partner of odds

68. Rhyming word after speed

69. Loses color

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Down

1. Exams that are often optional

2. Florence farewell

3. Munitions

4. Spreads on social media

5. Cosmetics-regulating org.

6. Couldn't get enough of

7. Reason for a tucked tail, perhaps

8. ___-Saxon

9. Issa of Insecure

10. How a Dylan impersonator might sing

11. Tate Modern and others

12. "That slaps," for something good, e.g.

13. One might be mounted

18. Tiny deviation from a general trend

22. Product from Rit

24. New York City deli name

25. It might be fixed at a chef's table

26. Cashier's tray

27. __ gobi (potato curry)

28. Prepare to do an oil change, say

31. "The shoddy sandwich knife couldn't cut the mustard," e.g.

32. Early H.I.V. med

33. "___ knows"

35. Phuket native

36. "___ she lovely?" (Stevie Wonder question)

39. Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse it

40. Promote

43. Stinging insects

46. The least amount a person might give

48. Tennis umpire's call

49. Rowlands of "A Woman Under the Influence"

50. Subject

51. Discover by chance

52. Two in a hand

53. ___ Baron Cohen, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" actor

54. Ticked off

58. Twofold

59. Fairy tale baddie

60. Some island rings

62. Setting for many a joke with a priest, a pastor and a rabbi

63. Sharp knock

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