Game piece for Uncle? Crossword Clue

The clue for today's The Irish News Cryptic crossword Puzzle is mentioned hereby: "Game piece for Uncle?", we have found possible solution below:

Definition of "PAWN"

a chess piece of the smallest size and value, that moves one square forwards along its file if unobstructed (or two on the first move), or one square diagonally forwards when making a capture. Each player begins with eight pawns on the second rank, and can promote a pawn to become any other piece (typically a queen) if it reaches the opponent's end of the board.

Example :

he was a pawn in the game of power politics

I pawned the necklace to cover the loan

the bank did lend money upon pawns at low interest

 The Crossword clue "Game piece for Uncle?" published 1 time/s & has 1 answer/s. 

Crossword	Date	Answer
The Irish News Cryptic	2 June 2021	PAWN