Game with sticks Crossword Clue
3 letters · New York Times · Friday, March 14, 2008 · 45-Across
Appeared in 3 New York Times Crosswords between January 1995 and March 2008.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · March 14, 2008 · 45-Across · 3 letters
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game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
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3 lettersUse ? for blanks. Example: C?S?O?
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