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Almost complete but stuck on the last two, 2D and 13A. I assume that the solution to 13A is aim to take hunted animals for which I have a solution but can’t parse the rest of the clue. For 2D I have ?O?A?S and I assume that it is thematic from previous comments but am totally clueless. Could I have some strong hints please?

2d your final crosser is wrong. Defn. is "doomed Queen" (I had to Google), wordplay is 3 "question", 1, 2 ("a way").

13a: defn. "when mating is imminent", parses as 3 ("aim"), 4 ("hunted animals")

Hi Cymro,

2d - 3 letter "question" + "a" + "way" - definition is "doomed queen" but it's also thematic so look at 22d.

Your S is wrong

13a - 3 letter "aim" (as in 'goal') + 4 letter "hunted animals" - definition is "when mating is imminent" (nothing to do with sex)

Thanks everyone. Back to the drawing board!

Brendan, 13a could have something to do with sex...did you ever see The Thomas Crown Affair?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5bN73OnGmo

Longer clip at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEPa4BP6EvI&t=385s

Favorite movie fantasy of many chess nerds. 🤣

Ah yes! Neat how 2D and 22D mesh..

Nice one Geeker 😂

Hi Geeker,

I'm glad your clip was from the 1968 original and not the 1999 remake, although on IMDB they get very similar ratings, which I find surprising!