What does gambit mean in crosswords?

gambit means: a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

Which crossword clues can have gambit as the answer?

Possible clues for gambit include "Opening tactic", "Opening ploy".

Word entry · 6 letters

Best crossword clue

"Opening tactic"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæmbɪt/Part of speech nounSorted abgimtStarts with GEnds with T2 cluesCommon crossword word

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a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

Borrowed from Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from gamba (“leg”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). First attested in 1656.

“Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.”
“Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.”
“The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an^([sic]) utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.”

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01“Opening tactic”6 letters

02“Opening ploy”6 letters

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