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Check mate? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stub

'check mate?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for stub that I've seen before include "Counterfoil, of a cheque say" , "what smoker drops in street?" , "Tooth remnant" , "Strike against hard object - one's toe, perhaps" , "Short end" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and The Wall Street Journal.
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