Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Bad news for the king.
4 letter answer(s) to bad news for the king
MATE
a person's partner in marriage
a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
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"
one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
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"
engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
South American tea-like drink made from leaves
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