Clues for the word "PAWN"
We've had 164 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 287 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 17, 2026.
Definition of pawn
- n. - See Pan, the masticatory.
- n. - A man or piece of the lowest rank.
- n. - Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
- n. - State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
- n. - A stake hazarded in a wager.
- v. t. - To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.
- v. t. - To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Referring Clues
- Hock
- Stooge
- En passant capture
- One on the way to a promotion?
- Frequent chess sacrifice
- Director's opposite
- Future queen?
- Castle protector, maybe
- Board member?
- One on the front line
- Promotable piece
- One may be placed before a king
- One with a round head
- Piece in front of a king or queen
- Lowly chess piece
- Dupe
- Chess piece usually moved first
- Least valuable chess piece
- Member of a black or white octet
- Manipulated person
- Minor chess piece
- Expendable chess piece
- Future queen, maybe
- Future knight, maybe
- Small chess piece
- Fischer man?
- Queen-to-be, maybe
- Puppet
- Second-rank chess piece
- Potential queen, in a game
- One may stand in front of a queen
- Give as security, in a way
- One of 16 chess pieces
- Unwitting participant
- Exploited one
- Unwitting accomplice
- Put in hock
- One of 16 in chess
- Chess piece
- Potential queen
- One moves before the king
- Patsy
- Front-rank piece
- Kind of shop
- Expendable board member?
- One of Kasparov's Eight
- Manipulated one
- Knight's neighbor
- One used
- Unwitting tool
- One standing ahead of a bishop
- Least powerful member of the board?
- Lowly chessman
- Part of a chess set
- One of the king's men
- King's defender
- King protector?
- Chess soldier
- One of Karpov's soldiers
- Soldier for the king
- Kasparov's soldier
- It's usually moved first
- One of a game's 16
- Get fast cash for
- One standing in front of a king
- Leading chess piece, often
- Hawk
- One with promotional potential
- Forward-moving game piece
- Hostage
- One of 16 in a chess set
- Borrow some money against
- Little one on a board
- See 4-Down
- Future queen, perhaps
- One getting an across-the-board promotion?
- Little man
- Kind of broker
- Expendable one
- Get some quick money for, say
- Certain chess piece
- Chessman
- Most insignificant chess piece
- Shortest chess piece
- Sorry! or Parcheesi piece
- Chess piece that may be promoted
- Round-topped chess piece
- Chess piece that protects the king
- A chess piece
- Chess piece that's left as security for borrowed money
- Lowest chess piece
- Piece used in 11A
- Shop to buy used amp
- Person used to gain an end
- Deposit as security for a loan
- Minor chessman
- Feel pain, ultimately, as a man
- Hock in pot with top tucked in
- Leave with uncle
- Chessman often sacrificed
- Piece to hand over to uncle
- Have a go at drinking wine, primarily hock
- Raise money on a piece of ivory?
- Man in the second rank
- Lowest ranking chessman
- Recipient of a promotion
- Part with temporarily to raise money
- Produce offspring, but no son initially for pop
- Pop, pop (two ways)
- The man from UNCLE?
- Little man's tool
- Chessman that can be promoted
- He stands before the queen?
- Bishop protector, sometimes
- One in line to be a queen?
- Piece moving to c6 as part of the Caro-Kann Defense
- Piece captured en passant
- Chesspiece
- Old god seizes Dutch puppet
- Man with hand on pole
- "Perhaps we give money to poor now?" (Shapps, surprisingly)
- Puppet with hand on nose initially
- Piece of smut on the radio?
- On the radio something blue will usually move a square?
- Man and wife tucking into roast
- Shop to quickly sell your guitar
- Assistant with navy, one of many on board
- Smallest chess piece
- Front-row chess piece
- Chessman that may be promoted
- Wife boarding vessel to find man on board
- Little chess piece
- One-point piece, on a board
- Weak chess piece
- One might get promoted to queen
- "___ Stars" (long-running show in which experts appraise and buy antiques)
- On board, little man given the push
- This little man can show father points
- One of the weakest men on board
- Cat's paw
- Oft-sacrificed man
- Fatherly points for the little man
- One of 16 on a board
- Lowly board member?
- Person manipulated
- One standing before the king and queen
- One before a king?
- Commonly sacrificed chess piece
- One may become a queen but not a king
- Expendable chessman
- First to move, usually
- Weakest chess piece
- Raise money on a piece of ivory?
- One of 16 on a chessboard
- Element of an English Opening in chess
- First piece moved in chess, often
- Chess piece not allowed to move backward
- Chess piece that's often the first to be played
- Promotable chess piece
- Chess piece captured "en passant"
- Not-so-powerful chess piece
- Threat to a king, maybe
- One making the first move?
- Chess piece that can be promoted
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 05, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 31, 2026
- Mirror Daily - October 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 29, 2025
- New York Times - September 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 08, 2025
- New York Times - June 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 07, 2025
- New York Times - April 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 07, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 27, 2025
- LA Times - December 26, 2024
- USA Today - December 06, 2024
- LA Times - November 10, 2024
- USA Today - August 03, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - July 31, 2024
- USA Today - July 19, 2024
- New York Times - July 16, 2024
- LA Times - June 23, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - June 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 12, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 31, 2024
- USA Today - March 15, 2024
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