Chess Pains
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I WAS HIS VICE PRESIDENT
WHY NOT? FOOTBALL!
REPTILES
THE "NE" ADD
400

Alexander Alekhine was said to have resigned a game not by tipping this piece over but by hurling it across the room

The King

400

"You've Got A Friend In Me" (the original & the sequels)

Toy Story

400

Al Gore

Clinton

400

This team began in Oakland, moved to L.A., thought about going to Irwindale, went back to Oakland, then hit the tables in Vegas

Raiders

400

The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher has these animals at the north end of their natural range, including a popular albino one

Alligator

400

Put "NE" before a word for a buddy & climb up to this mountainous Asian country

Nepal (Pal)

800

Alexandru Crisan was stripped of the coveted title international this after allegations he'd attained it by fixing games

Grandmaster


800

"Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo"

Cinderella

800

Spiro Agnew

Nixon

800

Winning the war but not the battle, this U. took the national crown in 2025, but a loss to Michigan kept them out of the Big Ten title game

Ohio State

800

Adwaita, the oldest recorded land animal at about 250 when he died, was one of these critters. (Family is ok, not species).

(Aldabra giant) Tortoise

800

Add an "NE" to the end of a genre of music & give us the last name of this Notre Dame football coach

Rockne (Rock)

1200

In 2008 Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk stormed out of a Chess Olympiad rather than submit to one of these tests

A Drug Test

1200

It features "You'll Be In My Heart" by Phil Collins

Tarzan

1200

John Nance Garner

FDR

1200

After college, his salary went up from $5.50 an hour in an Iowa grocery store to, I'm gonna guess, at least double that as a Super Bowl MVP.


Kurt Warner

1200

This snake of the desert Southwest, named for its unusual locomotion, can hit speeds of 18 miles per hour

 

Sidewinder

1200

Take an adjective for sinewy & insert "NE" to get this business that might make a pinot noir

Winery (Wiry)

1600

It took a phone call from Henry Kissinger & a doubling of the prize fund to get this tempestuous American to play his Soviet foe in 1972

Bobby Fischer

1600

Performed by Baloo in the original & in the remake: "The Bare Necessities"

The Jungle Book

1600

Charles Dawes, a man with a plan

Coolidge

1600

If you're receiving a punt in the NFL, you can't be tackled if you make this signal--arm straight up, waving a hand side to side

Fair Catch

1600

From service in the Southwest, the U.S. Army's 9th Engineer Battalion has as its crest this scary-sounding lizard

Gila Monster

1600

A Russian mountain range gets more cerebral when you put "NE" at the start & make this word

Neural (Ural)

2000

His name signifies "newcomer", & this relative newcomer sparked accusations of cheating after a 2022 upset of champ Magnus Carlsen

Hans Niemann

2000

"Listen With Your Heart" & "Colors Of The Wind"

Pocahontas

2000

Charles Curtis, the first person of Native American descent to be elected vice president

Hoover

2000

Not only does he own the Dallas Cowboys & have a net worth of $19 billion or so, but he was surprisingly great as an actor on TV's "Landman".


Jerry Jones

2000

This fossil of New Zealand looks like a lizard, but unlike lizards it has no external ears.


Tuatara

2000

Give "NE" help you can as you insert those 2 letters in a word that precedes "off course" & get this word for a facade

Veneer (Veer)