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Mother is one who wins a game of chess (5)

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I believe the answer is:

mater

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This clue might be a double definition.

'mother' is the first definition.
(old-fashioned term for mother)

'one who wins a game of chess' is the second definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mater that I've seen before include "mum's the word" , "parent" , "See 12" , "Mother (Latin or old slang)" , "Dam" .)

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