The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CASTLED
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More clues leading to the result CASTLED
- Moved on board, spearheaded by players
- Players getting guided made double move in game
- Launch steered and changed men on board
- Swapped men seeing players were in front
- Actors went ahead and changed 13 positions
- Directed by company, switched men on board
- Players went ahead and moved two men
- Group in front made a move
- Chuck went first and made a chess move
- Players, shown the way, protected a king somehow
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The straight part
We know that "Moved on board" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case moved on board = castled.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CASTLED mean?
CASTLED verb- To house or keep in a castle.
- To protect or separate in a similar way.
- To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.
- (usually intransitive) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- (usually intransitive) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
- To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
- Furnished with castles.