The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PAWNS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Front row at a chess tournament? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PAWNS | 100 % | 5 |
Why may PAWNS be the right solution?
In chess, the pawns are the pieces that are positioned in the front row at the beginning of the game. Therefore, the "front row at a chess tournament" refers to the pawns.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Front row at a chess tournament?
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Crossword Answer definitions
PAWNS noun- A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.
- The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
- Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
- The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- An instance of pawning something.
- An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
- A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
- To pledge; to stake or wager.
- To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
- A gallery.
- (originally leet) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).
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