Bad news for the king - Crossword Clue

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Bad news for the king.

4 letter answer(s) to bad news for the king

MATE
  1. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
  2. a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
  3. a person's partner in marriage
  4. an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
  5. bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
  6. engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
  7. informal term for a friend of the same sex
  8. one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
  9. place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
  10. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

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The most likely answer for the crossword clue Bad news for the king is MATE.

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Clues like Bad news for the king often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Sunday Express, Sunday Mirror, Financial Times Daily, The Guardian Prize, The Independent Inquisitor, among others.

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