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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% | 5 | King sheltering solitary hopeless person | ||||||
noun • a person in desperate straits; someone doomed | ||||||||
| 26% | 14 | His poetry collection 'Little Friend, Little Friend' was published posthumously | ||||||
noun • United States poet (1914-1965) | ||||||||
Friend That Puts King In Hopeless Position Crossword Clue
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MATE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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MATE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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