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Board game piece in drawer (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

draughtsman

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'drawer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'board game piece in' is the wordplay.
'board game' becomes 'draughts' (draughts is a kind of board game).
'piece in' becomes 'man' (man can mean a chess piece. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'draughts'+'man'='DRAUGHTSMAN'

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(Other definitions for draughtsman that I've seen before include "Technical plan maker" , "Person making plans" , "One makes plans" , "potential king" , "Technical drawer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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