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Kayal Takes Manhattan · Saturday, 26 September 2026 · Ahhhh!
September 2026
Saturday,
26 September 2026
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Across
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Displays boldly, like 'KING OF THE PARK' across a T-shirt (9)
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In abundance, like grandmasters in Chennai (6)
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What a palm might do after slapping a chess clock too hard (4)
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Grumbled, like a dethroned champ (6)
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Cheat out of money, or the piece that starts in a corner (4)
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Had a slice of humble pie, say (3)
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Flat-bottomed barge hauling rubbish down the Hudson (4)
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Excited murmur as an underdog starts winning (4)
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Tuck the king away, moving two pieces in one go (6)
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Caller ___ (2)
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Feather it on the river, or catch a crab with it (3)
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Chess opening: a sacrifice offered with a smile (6)
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The first B in BRB (2)
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Clucking mother in the coop (3)
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Neruda wrote them to onions and socks (4)
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Speechmaker (6)
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Starchy root pounded into Hawaiian poi (4)
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Lowly foot soldier marching to the far side of the board (4)
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Taxi gadget that runs up the fare, even in a jam (5)
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No legal move and not in check: the draw a losing hustler prays for (9)
Down
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Urge, with 'on', as a kibitzing crowd does (3)
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Roam about looking for loot (6)
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Five-minute chess, played in Washington Square Park for a few dollars a game (5)
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Jennifer who starred in 'Hustlers' (5)
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'___ you sure?': a classic psych-out at the board (3)
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Z, as it's said in Mumbai or Melbourne (3)
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Drug squad officers, for short (5)
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Shuffle along the bench to make room (5)
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Squeak on spotting that your queen can be taken (3)
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Laugh uproariously (4)
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Six yards of Kanchipuram silk, perhaps (4)
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Piece that sneaks down the long diagonal and never changes colour (6)
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Log a Highland strongman hurls end over end (5)
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Blot on the landscape (7)
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___ Shanti ___ (Bollywood hit whose title echoes a peace chant) (2)
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Chews at, like a worried player at a thumbnail (5)
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Cobb's spinning top in 'Inception', for one (5)
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Soft flat cap of Left Bank painters (5)
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Dinosaurs ruled in the Mesozoic one (3)
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Android officer in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' (4)
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Explosive in many a Looney Tunes gag, briefly (3)
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'Pick ___!' (eager volunteer's cry) (2)