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Workings

Hint
There are no larger squares than size 4 x 4.

Answer
There are 110 squares without a rook.

Reasoning
There are 60 squares of size 1 x 1.
There are 35 squares of size 2 x 2.
There are 12 squares of size 3 x 3.
There are  3 squares of size 4 x 4.

Giving a total of 60 + 35 + 12 + 3 = 110 squares.

Workings

Hint
Try saying the letters out loud.

Answer
E.

These are letters which all sound the same, bee, see, dee, ee, etc. All depending on how you pronounce Z (zee or zed), you can include this.

Workings

Hint
You might need a dictionary.

Answer
Cervine.

The adjective for deer-like.

Workings

Hint
One word starts with T and the other with W.

Answer
Tower and wrote.

While captive in the tower, King James wrote an entire book.