Answer: MATES
MATES is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 81 times.
Referring Clues:
- Blokes
 - Significant others
 - Partners
 - Better halves
 - Beats, in chess
 - Pub buddies
 - Identical socks
 - Some game endings
 - Chess endings
 - Spouses
 - Paired socks
 - Perth pals
 - Husbands and wives
 - Good buddies
 - Husband and wife
 - Couples (with)
 - Chess match enders
 - Singer Johnny and kin
 - Wins at chess
 - Chess wins
 - British buddies
 - Ends a chess game
 - Aussie pals
 - They're matched
 - Pals Down Under
 - Karpov victories
 - Buddies
 - Corners his majesty
 - Deck officers
 - Identical socks, e.g.
 - Mom and dad, e.g.
 - Chess victories
 - Final checks?
 - Some game enders
 - "The Newlywed Game" contestants
 - A couple
 - Winners' checks?
 - Ship's crew
 - Pals, down under
 - Board victories
 - Kasparov's victories
 - Chess defeats
 - Kidding remarks
 - Finishing chess moves
 - Friends in a pub
 - Finishes a chess game
 - What some socks are missing
 - Brisbane buddies
 - Ends of some board meetings?
 - Captures the king
 - Delivers a defeat in chess
 - Wins a board game
 - Endings of chess games
 - Associates
 - Defeats at chess
 - Ones to go pubbing with
 - Crew members
 - Gets a decisive chess win
 - Friends across the pond
 - Successful capturing of kings
 - Chess finishes
 - Friends
 - Colleagues
 - 20-Across endings
 - Final checks for Karpov
 - Halves of matching sets
 - Matching socks
 - Some game winners
 - Karpov coups
 - Many chess endings
 - Ones to share a pint with
 - Husbands or wives
 - Friends, in Australia
 - Board game endings
 - Second socks, say
 - Friends, down under
 - Two socks, hopefully
 - Chess game endings
 - Plumbers' helpers
 - Aussie buds
 - Corners, as the king
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - June 20, 2025
 - LA Times - June 08, 2025
 - New York Times - March 11, 2025
 - LA Times - December 17, 2022
 - USA Today - November 15, 2022
 - LA Times - July 10, 2022
 - LA Times - June 10, 2022
 - USA Today - March 02, 2021
 - New York Times - January 31, 2021
 - LA Times - January 21, 2021
 - USA Today - April 17, 2020
 - Netword - March 01, 2020
 - Netword - December 17, 2019
 - New York Times - September 23, 2019
 - New York Times - January 23, 2019
 - USA Today - December 07, 2018
 - LA Times - November 08, 2018
 - LA Times - September 22, 2018
 - Netword - September 16, 2018
 - Netword - April 27, 2018
 
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