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Friend That Puts King In Hopeless Position Crossword Clue

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

• the officer below the master on a commercial ship

• a fellow member of a team

• the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

• a person's partner in marriage

• an exact duplicate

• one of a pair

• South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

• informal term for a friend of the same sex

• South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

• a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

verb

• engage in sexual intercourse

• bring two objects, ideas, or people together

• place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

26%14 His poetry collection 'Little Friend, Little Friend' was published posthumously
noun

• United States poet (1914-1965)

26%5King sheltering solitary hopeless person
noun

• a person in desperate straits; someone doomed

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The Guardian Cryptic14 Jan 2011 Across 24
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