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What Black And White Squares Do On A Chessboard Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ALTERNATE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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adjective

• of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired

noun

• someone who takes the place of another person

adjective satellite

• every second one of a series

• serving or used in place of another

• occurring by turns; first one and then the other

verb

• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

• exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

• be an understudy or alternate for a role

• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

• do something in turns

49%15A popular form of word puzzle that typically takes the form of a square or rectangle grid of white- and black-shaded squares. The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words based on given clues.
noun

• a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle

41%6A regular quadrilateral; a quartile aspect; the figurative “shape” of a full, balanced meal; a mortarboard; a carpenter’s measure; or, one of a chessboard’s black/white spaces
adjective

• having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle

• characterized by honesty and fairness

noun

• (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon

• the product of two equal terms

• an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

• something approximating the shape of a square

• someone who doesn't understand what is going on

• a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

• any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles

• a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles

adverb

• in a straight direct way

• in a square shape

• firmly and solidly

adjective satellite

• providing abundant nourishment

• leaving no balance

• without evasion or compromise

• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

verb

• make square

• raise to the second power

• cause to match, as of ideas or acts

• position so as to be square

• be compatible with

• pay someone and settle a debt

• turn the paddle; in canoeing

• turn the oar, while rowing

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