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Bishop In File At The Back By A Rook Getting Check Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is EXARCH which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America

• a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan

• a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire

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)

41%8 Section of the board between the rook and the bishop
noun

• The side of the chessboard nearest to the king (at the opening position).

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The Guardian Cryptic11 Dec 2019 Down 8
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