Chesspiece Which Moves Diagonally Crossword Clue

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	noun • a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ • port wine mulled with oranges and cloves • (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
	49%	6		Chesspiece which moves in the shape of an L
	noun • originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit • a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) verb • raise (someone) to knighthood
	36%	4		Chesspiece which mustn't be lost
	noun • a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom • United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) • a competitor who holds a preeminent position • United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) • a very wealthy or powerful businessman • United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) • preeminence in a particular category or group or field • a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward • one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king • (chess) the weakest but the most important piece

We think the answer is "" which means:

noun

• A senior member of the christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve apostles of christ
• Port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
• (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

verb

• To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
• To make a bishop.
• To provide with bishops.
• To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
• (by extension, of horses) to make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
• To murder by drowning.

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Source	#Number	Answer
The Guardian Quick09 Nov 2002	Down 8
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	Clue	Source
1	Chesspiece New York Times - 05 Aug 1998	New York Times / 05 Aug 1998
2	Chess piece that moves diagonally
3	Chesspiece which moves in the shape of an L The Guardian Quick - 09 Nov 2002	The Guardian Quick / 09 Nov 2002
4	Chesspiece which mustn't be lost The Guardian Quick - 09 Nov 2002	The Guardian Quick / 09 Nov 2002
5	Corner chesspiece New York Times - 07 Nov 2005	New York Times / 07 Nov 2005
6	The only piece that moves exclusively diagonally and can only move forward
7	What to do to read the secret message (going diagonally down, then diagonally back up the under side) New York Times - 03 Feb 2004	New York Times / 03 Feb 2004

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