Answer: MATED
MATED is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 50 times.
Referring Clues:
- Defeated, in a way
 - Like shoes and socks
 - Attempted another generation
 - Whipped, à la Kasparov
 - Matched up
 - Trapped one's king
 - Won at chess
 - Bred
 - Unable to avoid the check?
 - Defeated at chess
 - In pairs
 - Beaten, in a way
 - Checked out?
 - Unable to escape, in a way
 - Checked for the last time?
 - Like pairs of socks
 - Checked thoroughly?
 - Won, in chess
 - Took out the king?
 - Beaten, a la Bobby Fischer
 - Didn't just check
 - Coupled with
 - Paired up
 - Beaten at chess
 - Out of the game, in chess
 - More than checked?
 - Beat at chess
 - Beat at the board
 - Defeated in chess
 - Ended a chess game
 - Sorted socks
 - Beaten in chess, briefly
 - Paired up to breed
 - Matched, as socks
 - Matched
 - Paired
 - Beat, in chess
 - Out of moves, in chess
 - Whipped in chess
 - Married
 - Beat, in a way
 - Like a defeated chess player
 - Got together
 - With king captured
 - Checked from all sides
 - Defeated a la Bobby Fischer
 - Like unsuccessful chess players
 - Like some cornered kings
 - Like a pair of socks
 - Like some socks and chess players
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - July 24, 2025
 - New York Times - April 24, 2025
 - USA Today - April 17, 2024
 - LA Times - April 10, 2023
 - LA Times - March 31, 2023
 - USA Today - September 15, 2022
 - LA Times - February 27, 2022
 - New York Times - December 11, 2020
 - Universal - October 10, 2020
 - USA Today - February 19, 2020
 - Netword - April 21, 2019
 - USA Today - January 03, 2019
 - Netword - November 04, 2018
 - Universal - June 30, 2018
 - Netword - April 15, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 30, 2018
 - Netword - January 31, 2018
 - New York Times - January 25, 2018
 - Universal - January 07, 2018
 - New York Times - September 15, 2017
 
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