Clues for the word "MATED"
We've had 72 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 115 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on July 24, 2025.
Definition of mated
- imp. & p. p. - of Mate
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
- Won a game of chess
- Beaten in chess
- Beaten by master Edward
- Beaten, as a mat, by a boy
- Master Edward's beaten
- Beaten by a named master
- Master Edward gets beaten
- Won a hand - and the game
- Beaten on board!
- More than merely checked
- Got together, after a final check
- Matched and dispatched?
- Got together
- Had sex with editor under rug
- United finished the game
- Brought together
- Beaten by a masterly fellow
- With king captured
- Half the team get angry about being beaten
- Defeated a la Magnus Carlsen
- Beaten by one's friend, a dunderhead!
- Defeated a la Bobby Fischer
- Defeated a la Kasparov
- Beaten by a bad team on the first of December
- Beaten in a friendly game
- Like unsuccessful chess players
- Like some cornered kings
- Checked thoroughly?
- 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
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 20, 2025
- Daily American - February 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 02, 2024
- USA Today - April 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 13, 2023
- LA Times - April 10, 2023
- LA Times - March 31, 2023
- Daily American - February 17, 2023
- USA Today - September 15, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 15, 2022
- Netword - January 31, 2018
- New York Times - January 25, 2018
- Universal - January 07, 2018
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 17, 2017
- New York Times - September 15, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 25, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 19, 2017
- Canadiana - July 17, 2017
- Netword - June 21, 2017
- Daily American - February 17, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 26, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 16, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 07, 2016
- LA Times - July 25, 2016
- And in 85 more crossword puzzles...