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Grabs pawn in unfinished game (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pinches

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'grabs' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'pawn in unfinished game' is the wordplay.
'pawn' becomes 'p'.
'unfinished game' becomes 'ches' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'p'+'in'+'ches'='PINCHES'

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(Another definition for pinches that I've seen is " Grips tightly".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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