One Of Eight On A Chessboard Or Five In A Mini Crossword Crossword Clue — 3 Letters

One confident answer with explanation of the wordplay

ROW
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R
O
W

A chessboard has 8 rows, and the NYT Mini crossword (5x5 grid) has 5 rows. "ROW" fits perfectly as a 3-letter answer.

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COLA chessboard has 8 columns, and a Mini crossword has 5 columns — but 'COL' is an abbreviation, making ROW more likely.

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