Times cryptic chess clue

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Mark Taylor
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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Mark Taylor » Sat Mar 20, 2021 7:21 pm

From today's Guardian cryptic:

"You're a loser, says European partner"

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Reg Clucas » Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:26 pm

Mark Taylor wrote:
Sat Mar 20, 2021 7:21 pm
From today's Guardian cryptic:

"You're a loser, says European partner"
(9)

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Paul Habershon » Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:35 pm

Thanks for the (9), Reg. I was slow on the uptake without it. It's our hoary old friend CHECKMATE from Prague.

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Simon Brown » Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:30 pm

From yesterday’s Times Jumbo, “See man on board, mostly very funny (9)”

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Mark Taylor » Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:38 pm

From today's Guardian cryptic:

"Enquires about missing one rook and other pieces" (6)

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Phil Neatherway » Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 am

This clue was in the Times Bank Holiday Cryptic:-

"Board manoeuvre brought to light audit" (10,5)

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Geoff Chandler » Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:08 am

I got it!

Rueben Fine referred to it as the dive bomber of the chessboard.

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Simon Brown » Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:26 pm

From today’s Times cryptic jumbo, “90s computer that made many checks? (4,4)”

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by NickFaulks » Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:32 pm

Simon Brown wrote:
Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:26 pm
From today’s Times cryptic jumbo, “90s computer that made many checks? (4,4)”
I assume the answer is Deep Blue. but that doesn't feel cryptic enough.
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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Simon Brown » Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:37 pm

Correct. Not very cryptic for us perhaps, but not easy for your average solver I suspect

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by MJMcCready » Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:31 pm

I could get it and I am usually very bad at cryptic crosswords.

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Paul Habershon » Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:08 pm

Sunday Times Cryptic 20th June 2021

IM isn't seen sat playing with a GM (7, 7)

The solution has nothing to do with chess but the clue is very chessy.

The definition is IM and 'playing' indicates an anagram of 'isnt seen sat a gm'. I was stuck on this for ages because I thought IM not GM was part of the anagram. Therefore I thought GM was the definition and was looking either for the name of a GM (that would have been amazing) or something to do with crops.

The first word begins with I and the second with M.

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:04 pm

Presumably the answer is something we old-timers might struggle to understand... I would have thought GM was part of the anagram as well. Not sure that's entirely fair, but well-constructed of course.

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Harry Duff » Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:47 am

From this weeks Spectator crossword - "Top chess player in compound." (6)

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Re: Times cryptic chess clue

Post by Colin Purdon » Tue Jun 22, 2021 1:16 pm

Harry Duff wrote:
Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:47 am
From this weeks Spectator crossword - "Top chess player in compound." (6)
If the answer's what I think it is, it seems a bit obscure on two counts.

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