Monopoly or Chess, e.g. — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the September 8 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
GAME
4 letters
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(3/6) The kids insist on a ___ (family activity), something with made-up rules. He loses, but enjoys every second of it.
GAME
4
"___ of Thrones," fantasy series that set a Guinness World Record for the largest TV drama simulcast across 173 countries and territories
GAME
4
"The Imitation ___," 2014 biopic starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, focused on the need to crack a seemingly unbreakable code
GAME
4
"___ of Thrones," fantasy drama with warring houses and dragons that gets a shoutout when Dwight teaches a coworker Dothraki in "The Office"
GAME
4
"___ of Thrones," fantasy drama series on HBO
GAME
4
Battleship or Monopoly, for short
GAME
4
"Call of Duty" or "Fortnite," e.g.
GAME
4
Monopoly or Scrabble, e.g.
GAME
4
"___ of Thrones"
GAME
4
Chutes and Ladders or charades, e.g.
GAME
4
Up for anything
GAME
4
"___ over!" ("Donkey Kong" message)
GAME
4
Pull with effort (rhymes with "brag")
DRAG
4
Pig's pen
STY
3
Sandwich meat often eaten with eggs
HAM
3
Legendary Himalayan snowman
YETI
4
Battery size for small electronics
AAA
3
Famous ___ (chocolate-chip cookie brand)
AMOS
4
"... and they lived happily ___ after"
EVER
4
Movie studio whose mascot is a lion: Abbr.
MGM
3
"As you sow, so shall you ___"
REAP
4
Actor DiCaprio, in tabloids
LEO
3
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