| It's part of playing American football, say (4) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
15 Mar 2026 |
| *World Series climax |
Universal |
11 Mar 2026 |
| Pastime (4) |
Mirror Quick |
01 Mar 2026 |
| Willing gambler among mediocre employees initially (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Mar 2026 |
| With 39-Down, network since 1994, and a hint to the circled answers |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2026 |
| Snap or Ludo, eg (4) |
The Sun Mini |
08 Feb 2026 |
| The ?, 1997 film thriller starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
05 Feb 2026 |
| Lame sport (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Feb 2026 |
| "The Imitation ___," 2014 biopic starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, focused on the need to crack a seemingly unbreakable code |
|
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| Willing |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2026 |
| "___ of Thrones," fantasy drama with warring houses and dragons that gets a shoutout when Dwight teaches a coworker Dothraki in "The Office" |
|
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| Up for a challenge (4) |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2025 |
| Clue, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2025 |
| Chess or canasta |
Commuter |
25 Dec 2025 |
| Wordle or Boggle |
New York Times Mini |
24 Dec 2025 |
| Chess or checkers |
Newsday |
23 Dec 2025 |
| Checkers or chess |
Commuter |
12 Dec 2025 |
| "Squid ___" |
TV |
07 Dec 2025 |
| Red Rover, e.g. |
USA Today |
05 Dec 2025 |
| Up to the challenge |
Universal |
26 Nov 2025 |
| Pastime (4) |
Mirror Quick |
16 Nov 2025 |
| Willing bird (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Nov 2025 |
| "___ of Thrones," fantasy drama series on HBO |
|
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| Football match (4) |
Mirror Classic |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Monopoly or Scrabble |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Willing bird (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Oct 2025 |
| Pastime (4) |
Mirror Quick |
06 Oct 2025 |
| see 2 Down (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Kerplunk or pheasant, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Willing bird (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Pastime (4) |
Mirror Quick |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Ping-Pong or Parcheesi |
Commuter |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Chess or cricket |
Commuter |
20 Sep 2025 |
| Pastime (4) |
Mirror Quick |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Willing bird (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Sep 2025 |
| "Take Me Out to the Ball ____" |
USA Today Quick |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Sorry! or Scrabble |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Pastime (4) |
Mirror Quick |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Willing bird (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Monopoly or Chess, e.g. |
|
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| Willing to try (4) |
Puzzler |
05 Sep 2025 |
| Pastime (4) |
Mirror Quick |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Willing bird (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Pastime (4) |
Mirror Quick |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Willing bird (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Clue, e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Go or Go Fish |
Universal |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Chess or charades |
Newsday |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Match: up for it? (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Aug 2025 |
| Monopoly or Scrabble |
Newsday |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Pheasant or duck meat, e.g. |
The Telegraph Mini |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Ready to dive in |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2025 |
| Risk or Trouble |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jul 2025 |
| Squash, e.g. |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Mischievous girl missing home match |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Jul 2025 |
| The Generation ___, classic entertainment show with Bruce Forsyth (4) |
|
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| New angling tactic, say, that makes a great difference (*char egg name) (4,7) |
|
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| Plucky pastime (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Fun contest (4) |
|
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| Pastime (4) |
Mirror Quick |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Willing bird (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Willing to have a contest (4) |
|
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| Battleship or Monopoly, for short |
|
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| "I'm ___! ("Count me in!") |
|
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| Willing and eager |
|
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| Down to clown |
|
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| Willing to gamble? (4) |
|
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| Chess match, e.g. |
Commuter |
31 May 2025 |
| Competitive fun |
|
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| Up for whatever |
|
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| Golf - a miserable, vacuous pastime |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 May 2025 |
| It often involves moving pieces |
|
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| "Call of Duty" or "Fortnite," e.g. |
|
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| Chess or checkers |
Commuter |
13 May 2025 |
| Charades, for one |
|
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| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
12 May 2025 |
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 May 2025 |
| Marvel Rivals or Monopoly |
|
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| Willing to have a go at venison, say (4) |
|
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| Is willing for a bit of fun (4) |
|
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| Returned English magazine during competition (4) |
|
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| Up for a match? (4) |
|
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| Pool or poker |
|
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| Board ___, classic family fun time staple like Monopoly ... and something you may find in 22a |
|
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| Hearts or darts, e.g. |
|
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| Thing to play on family fun night |
Family Time |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
06 Apr 2025 |
| The Generation _, entertainment show which first aired in 1971 (4) |
|
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| '_, set. match" (tennis saying) |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Sports matchup |
Commuter |
21 Mar 2025 |
| TV offering --> |
USA Today Quick |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Jacks or spades, e.g. |
|
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| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Feeling plucky, sport? |
|
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| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
09 Mar 2025 |
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Mar 2025 |
| Chess or Chinese checkers, e.g. |
USA Today |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Willing to hang it, if one likes it high (4) |
|
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| Checkers or Monopoly |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Plucky enough to be hunted? (4) |
|
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| _ Of Thrones, fantasy drama with Kit Harington (4) |
|
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| See 22-Across |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Stadium event |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Feb 2025 |
| "Jeopardy!" or --> |
USA Today Quick |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Something you dare to Slay (4) |
|
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| Up for the match? |
|
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| Diversion partly amusing Americans (4) |
|
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| Monopoly or Scrabble, e.g. |
|
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| "It's only a ___" (response to a sore loser) |
New York Times Mini |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
19 Jan 2025 |
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Jan 2025 |
| With 1-Down, bit of rec room furniture |
|
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| Playful diversion (4) |
|
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| "- of Thrones" |
|
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| Spirited match |
|
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| Poker or football |
|
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| Lark back in poem again (4) |
|
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| Playtime activity |
|
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| Football match |
Mirror Classic |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Is it shot for fun? (4) |
|
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| Cricket or quoits |
|
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| Soccer or softball |
Commuter |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Ready to tackle anything but work |
|
|
| Meg has a way of playing it |
|
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| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
30 Nov 2024 |
| See 17 Across |
The Guardian Weekend |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Sport that is played according to rules (4) |
Puzzler |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Bingo or poker |
|
|
| _ Of Thrones, drama based on the works of George R. R. Martin (4) |
|
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| Willing prey (4) |
|
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| Clue or Go, say |
|
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| Willing before set and match (4) |
|
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| Up for it |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Operation or Aggravation, e.g. |
|
|
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Oct 2024 |
| "Sorry!" or "Go," say |
|
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| An amusement or pastime |
|
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| Ready to tackle any kind of sport (4) |
|
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| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Willing mage to get drunk |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Oct 2024 |
| "Two can play that -" |
|
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| Wild animals hunted by sportsmen (4) |
|
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| Ready to tackle sport (4) |
|
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| Go or go fish, e.g. |
|
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| Scattergories or Apples to Apples, for example |
|
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| "___ of Thrones" |
|
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| Hit South Korean Netflix series, Squid (4) |
|
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| Hunted animals not giving in without a fight (4) |
|
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| Chinese Checkers or Double Dragon, e.g. |
|
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| Ready and willing |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Courageous animals hunted for sport |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Scrabble, e.g. |
|
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| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
04 Sep 2024 |
| "Super Mario Galaxy," e.g. |
Universal |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Up for it |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Animal in the chase showing courage (4) |
|
|
| Minecraft, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Willing, plucky |
Puzzler Backwords |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Chess or checkers |
Commuter |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Chutes and Ladders or charades, e.g. |
|
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| Backgammon or cribbage, e.g. |
The Telegraph Mini |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Are birds and animals shot for food so willing? (4) |
|
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| Catan or Codenames |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Flirting ability, in slang |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Up for anything |
|
|
| Stadium event |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Willing object of pursuit |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Contest with rules to determine a winner (4) |
|
|
| Is willing to be the spoil of the chase (4) |
|
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| "___ over!" ("Donkey Kong" message) |
|
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| Mitchell's "The Circle ______" |
|
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| Meat from a hunted animal |
|
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| Checkers or Scrabble, e.g. |
|
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| Sport of any kind (4) |
|
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| A match may be hung until it's high (4) |
|
|
| South Korean survival drama Squid _ (4) |
|
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| TV series: - of Thrones |
|
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| Jacks or hearts, e.g. |
|
|
| Monopoly or Clue, e.g. (4) |
|
|
| Risk or Stratego |
Commuter |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Pool or polo |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Mage |
|
|
| Pastime amusing a Mexican? Not altogether (4) |
|
|
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
28 May 2024 |
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
28 May 2024 |
| Eagerly willing |
|
|
| Ready and willing for tennis? (4) |
|
|
| _ of Thrones, fantasy drama based on the works of George R. R. Martin (4) |
|
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| Is ready to play, or to gamble (4) |
|
|
| Party activity |
|
|
| Charades, for one |
|
|
| Chess or checkers |
Commuter |
10 May 2024 |
| Uno, for one |
|
|
| Monopoly or Scrabble, eg (4) |
Puzzler |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Tag or chess, for example |
Family Time |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Element in understanding a Mexican diversion (4) |
|
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| Willing to see match (4) |
|
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| Croquet, e.g. |
|
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| Monopoly or Scrabble, eg: board - |
|
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| Sports match for the daring? (4) |
|
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| Minecraft or Roblox |
|
|
| Ready for anything in match |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Willing |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Apr 2024 |
| "- or Thrones" |
|
|
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Board ___, classic family fun time staple like Monopoly...and something you may find in 22a |
|
|
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Stadium event |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Apr 2024 |
| Is it fun to eat? (4) |
|
|
| What could be bridge diversion |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Plucky in sport |
|
|
| Crippled in sport (4) |
|
|
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Willing to upset mage |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Carnival booth challenge |
|
|
| Chess or baseball |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2024 |
| Is it eaten for fun? (4) |
|
|
| Checkers or Scrabble, e.g. |
|
|
| Chess, e.g. |
Commuter |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Scrabble or Balderdash |
|
|
| Willing to give it a go |
|
|
| Words displayed at the end --> |
|
|
| Ready for some sport (4) |
|
|
| Prepared to, being a sport (4) |
|
|
| Contest played for amusement (4) |
|
|
| Invested millions for Thailand's opening match (4) |
|
|
| Monopoly or Chess, e.g. |
|
|
| Ready for sport (4) |
|
|
| Competitive event for some birds (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Go or Go Fish for example |
|
|
| Willing sort of bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Chess or checkers |
Commuter |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Scrabble or Wordle, e.g. |
|
|
| Squid ___, titular fictionalized sport in the final episode of a popular Emmy-winning South Korean Netflix series |
|
|
| Mega disturbance at play. (4) |
|
|
| Pastime |
Mirror Quick |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Willing bird |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Fun activity |
The Times Concise |
06 Jan 2024 |
| South Korean survival drama series, Squid _ (4) |
|
|
| With 7-Across, strategy |
|
|
| A pheasant, for instance - full of pluck! (4) |
|
|
| Pastime |
|
|
| Cut risk, perhaps, for inaugural match (7,4) |
|
|
| "___ of Thrones," HBO fantasy series with a snowy backdrop |
|
|
| Willing |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Hunter's prey |
Commuter |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Ready for some fun |
|
|
| Time magazine covering comeback match (4) |
|
|
| The Isle of Cats or Cat lady, ea. |
|
|
| The Isle of Cats or Cat Lady, e.g. |
USA Today |
23 Nov 2023 |
| Willing, plucky |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 Nov 2023 |
| The "G" in GOT |
|
|
| Chess or checkers, e.g. |
|
|
| K) Uno or chess |
Family Time |
12 Nov 2023 |
| Checkers or cornhole |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Clue, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2023 |
| Like kicker that's injured in rugby match, say |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Checkers or chess, e.g. |
|
|
| Charades or Spin the Bottle, e.g. |
|
|
| Sushi Go! or Go, e.g |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2023 |
| Gutsy |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2023 |
| Brave enough to try |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jul 2023 |
| "Squid ___" (survival drama series) |
|
|
| Checkers or chess, e.g. |
|
|
| Monopoly or Scrabble, e.g. |
|
|
| Hearts or darts |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Minecraft, for one |
|
|
| "A casual ___ that's oh so sweet, a delightful challenge to complete!" (5/5) |
|
|
| Up to the challenge |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Minecraft or Fortnite |
LA Times Daily |
18 Apr 2023 |
| Tablet download |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2023 |
| Chess or charades, e.g. |
|
|
| Mancala or go |
USA Today |
07 Mar 2023 |
| Up for it |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Feb 2023 |
| Chess or monopoly, e.g. |
|
|
| Chess or Monopoly |
Family Time |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Monopoly or chess, e.g. |
|
|
| Diversion |
|
|
| "___ of Thrones" (Kit Harington drama series) |
|
|
| Up for it |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Wingspan or Scrabble, e.g |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2022 |
| Checkers or chess |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Tetris, for one |
USA Today |
31 Oct 2022 |
| Uno or Crazy Eights, e.g. |
|
|
| Go or Sorry! |
Universal |
21 Sep 2022 |
| "Squid ___," South Korean TV show that was nominated for the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series |
|
|
| Fixture ends in drubbing: Chelsea team sublime |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Catan or chess, e.g |
Universal |
03 Sep 2022 |
| Cribbage or Clue |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Willing to try |
Newsday |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Golf celebrity abandoning fine sport |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Aug 2022 |
| Tag or Go Fish |
Family Time |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Monopoly or bingo, e.g. |
|
|
| Have skin in the ___ |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Hunted animals: one may be on board |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Monopoly or Go Fish |
Family Time |
04 Jul 2022 |
| Pool or polo |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Toy store buy |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Snakes and ladders or chess, e.g. |
|
|
| Monopoly or Twister, e.g. |
|
|
| Match; eager and willing |
The Times Concise |
07 May 2022 |
| Elden Ring or ring toss |
USA Today |
02 May 2022 |
| ___ theory |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2022 |
| "Squid ___" (Netflix hit) |
Universal |
31 Mar 2022 |
| Bananagrams, e.g |
Universal |
29 Mar 2022 |
| "Valorant" or "Smite," e.g. |
|
|
| Bananagrams, e.g |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2022 |
| Eager and willing |
The Times Concise |
26 Feb 2022 |
| Content of forthcoming amendment could be played out in court |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Up for it |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Feb 2022 |
| Plucky |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2022 |
| Fortnite or Connect Four |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2022 |
| Othello, for one |
New York Times |
07 Jan 2022 |
| Stadium event |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Dec 2021 |
| Go for one, ready to try it? |
|
|
| Go for one, ready to try it? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Dec 2021 |
| World of Warcraft, for one |
|
|
| *Competitor's expression |
Universal |
20 Nov 2021 |
| What players look forward to after training on all sides today |
|
|
| Go or Go Fish |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2021 |
| Chess, e.g. |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Nintendo offering |
|
|
| Content of forthcoming amendment could be played out in court |
|
|
| Willing to participate |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2021 |
| "Play the ___," hit song by Queen that was written by Freddie Mercury |
|
|
| Bananagrams, e.g |
USA Today |
01 Oct 2021 |
| The ___ Tour, 1980 record-breaking concert tour by Queen |
|
|
| Chess or hopscotch, e.g. |
|
|
| "Futurama: Bender's ___," American animated film that parodies elements of "The Lord of the Rings" |
|
|
| Competitive activity with rules |
|
|
| Willing |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2021 |
| Scrabble or cribbage |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2021 |
| Catan, e.g |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2021 |
| Rummikub or Risk |
Universal |
07 Jul 2021 |
| Checkers or chess |
|
|
| Checkers or chess |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2021 |
| Sports contest |
Newsday |
23 Jun 2021 |
| Go, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2021 |
| Go or shogi |
USA Today |
16 Jun 2021 |
| Up for it |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 May 2021 |
| Scrabble or Boggle |
New York Times |
24 May 2021 |
| "___ of Thrones," HBO show |
|
|
| Sport you might get in butchers? |
|
|
| Scrabble or Monopoly |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2021 |
| Willing to see golf celebrity losing first |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Apr 2021 |
| Charades or dominoes |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Fearless competition |
|
|
| Risk or Trouble |
Universal |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Cricket, maybe, is mega-excited |
|
|
| "___ Night," 2018 mystery comedy movie starring Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman |
|
|
| "___ of Thrones" |
|
|
| Lame activity |
|
|
| Mousetrap or Monopoly |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Animal hunted for food or sport |
|
|
| "Ender's ___," 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card with a film adaptation starring Asa Butterfield |
|
|
| Family ___ night |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2020 |
| "Master of the ___," 1982 novel by Sidney Sheldon that follows Kate Blackwell's journey |
|
|
| Stadium event |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Nov 2020 |
| Minecraft or Fortnite |
New York Times |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Hunter's quarry |
Universal |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Some forthcoming amendment could be played out in court |
|
|
| Up (or down) for something |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Feeling amenable (found hidden in this clue!) |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2020 |
| Pin the Tail on the Donkey, e.g |
USA Today |
17 Sep 2020 |
| Chess or xiangqi |
USA Today |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Ready to try |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2020 |
| Match in Georgia, then Maine |
|
|
| With 50-Down, athlete's intense expression |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2020 |
| 'Guitar Hero,' e.g |
|
|
| Stadium event |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jul 2020 |
| Hunted animals and birds |
The Times Concise |
11 Jul 2020 |
| Chess or Scrabble |
Newsday |
30 Jun 2020 |
| Spades, for example |
USA Today |
25 Jun 2020 |
| Is this opened by White Rabbit and Hare, say, limping? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Jun 2020 |
| Ready to take a chance |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2020 |
| Up (for) |
New York Times |
22 May 2020 |
| Pastime |
|
|
| Competitive activity with rules |
|
|
| "The Imitation ___," 2014 historical drama film starring Keira Knightley for which she earned an Academy Award nomination |
|
|
| Willing; recreation |
The Times Concise |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Plucky people may have to pluck this |
|
|
| Seen in spring, a memorable match |
|
|
| ___ the system |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2020 |
| Poker or snooker |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2020 |
| Poker or snooker |
|
|
| In the morning European follows good sport |
|
|
| TV series "___ of Thrones" with Emilia Clarke and Sophie Turner that is based on George R.R. Martin's novel series, "A Song of Ice and Fire" |
|
|
| Fortnite or Risk |
Universal |
30 Nov 2019 |
| Perhaps go up for it |
|
|
| It is one reactionary English publication |
|
|
| Any sports contest |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2019 |
| "___ of Thrones," TV series adapted from the novel series "A Song of Ice and Fire," which is ranked 12th on Rolling Stone's 2016 list of "100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" |
|
|
| Up for it |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Hunted creatures |
The Times Concise |
09 Aug 2019 |
| Halt contest |
|
|
| Match: up for it? |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2019 |
| Willing (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2019 |
| Some forthcoming amendment could be a distraction |
|
|
| Tournament unit |
|
|
| Hunter's quarry |
USA Today |
09 May 2019 |
| Monopoly, or tag |
|
|
| Pool or polo |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Popular drama series, "___ of Thrones" |
|
|
| Lark, partridge, pheasant ...? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Mar 2019 |
| "___ of Thrones" |
|
|
| Jacks, e.g |
Universal |
06 Mar 2019 |
| Uno, for one |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jan 2019 |
| War or Diplomacy, e.g |
|
|
| Up for it |
|
|
| Jacks, e.g. |
|
|
| Uno, for one |
|
|
| Hunter's quarry |
|
|
| Willing |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Ready for anything in match |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Dec 2018 |
| What "Monopoly" or "Chess" is |
|
|
| Toy store buy |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Nov 2018 |
| "___ Of Thrones," HBO's hit series |
|
|
| Food in the woods? |
Universal |
21 Oct 2018 |
| HBO's "___ of Thrones" |
|
|
| Plucky in match |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Monopoly or Scrabble |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2018 |
| Electronic publication set up for football maybe |
|
|
| "___ of Thrones" |
|
|
| Checkers or tag |
Family Time |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Creatures hunted for sport |
The Times Concise |
12 Sep 2018 |
| Wild turkeys, deer, etc |
Universal |
14 Aug 2018 |
| "___ of cards" or "___ of tag" (playful activity) |
|
|
| Ballpark event |
USA Today |
01 Aug 2018 |
| Pool or polo, e.g |
|
|
| Up for something |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Sport |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Clue or Risk |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Clue or Risk |
|
|
| 50-Across part |
USA Today |
25 May 2018 |
| Up for it |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2018 |
| Up for it |
|
|
| Checkers or Monopoly |
Newsday |
07 May 2018 |
| Ducks and drakes, maybe, in more than one sense |
|
|
| Mario Bros., for one |
|
|
| Mario Bros., for one |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2018 |
| Eg, football match |
The Times Concise |
09 Mar 2018 |
| Kind of terrier |
New York Times |
01 Mar 2018 |
| It usually has a set of rules |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2018 |
| It usually has a set of rules |
|
|
| Monopoly or Scrabble |
|
|
| Yahtzee or tag, for e.g. |
|
|
| Monopoly or Clue |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2018 |
| Lame pheasant, perhaps |
|
|
| Part of set for chess, say |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Go or Go Fish |
USA Today |
14 Jan 2018 |
| "Squid ___," Korean drama series for which Lee Jung-Jae won an Emmy Award in 2022 |
|
|
| League of Legends or World of Warcraft |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2018 |
| Ballpark event |
|
|
| 50-Across part |
|
|
| Up (for) or down (for) |
|
|
| Wild turkeys, deer, etc. |
|
|
| Food in the woods? |
|
|
| Clue or Risk |
|
|
| It usually has a set of rules |
|
|
| Up for it |
|
|
| League of Legends or World of Warcraft |
|
|
| Up for something |
|
|
| Go or Go Fish |
|
|
| Tennis unit |
Premier Sunday |
10 Dec 2017 |
| Charades or Sorry, for example |
Family Time |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Ready for half of 18 across |
|
|
| Jenga or jacks |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Monopoly, or tag |
|
|
| Risk, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Risk, e.g |
|
|
| Go, perhaps, for hunted creatures |
|
|
| Willing, but not completely able physically? |
|
|
| Racket sport |
|
|
| Up for it |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Ready to take part |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Bridge, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2017 |
| Bridge, e.g |
|
|
| Willing to try |
Newsday |
21 May 2017 |
| Child's play? |
Universal |
20 Apr 2017 |
| Dave & Buster's offering |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2017 |
| Hunted wildlife |
The Times Concise |
30 Mar 2017 |
| Plucky in match |
|
|
| Willing to empty garbage outside before noon |
|
|
| Tag, for example |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2017 |
| Plucky in sport of any kind |
|
|
| Many an iPhone download |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Child's play? |
|
|
| Jenga or jacks |
|
|
| Tag, for example |
|
|
| Ready to take part |
|
|
| Dave & Buster's offering |
|
|
| Risk, e.g. |
|
|
| Bridge, e.g. |
|
|
| Doubleheader half |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Go, for one |
New York Times |
21 Oct 2016 |
| Online journal's up and ready |
|
|
| Thing to play |
Universal |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Good girl's spirited |
|
|
| Ready, willing, and able |
|
|
| Thing to play |
Family Time |
14 Aug 2016 |
| Ready for anything |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Hurling or curling |
USA Today |
06 Aug 2016 |
| Monopoly or Mouse Trap |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Aug 2016 |
| Brave enormous halves switch sides |
|
|
| Up (for) |
|
|
| Clue, for one |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jul 2016 |
| Phone download |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2016 |
| Not physically fit, but willing to participate |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Apr 2016 |
| Ready and willing |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Apr 2016 |
| Hunted birds and animals |
The Times Concise |
03 Mar 2016 |
| Risk or Trouble |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2016 |
| Saying ''I'm down for that'' |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Pastime; brave |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Feb 2016 |
| Uno or Twenty-One, e.g |
|
|
| Thing to play |
|
|
| Go, for one |
|
|
| "___ over" (dispiriting message) |
|
|
| Doubleheader half |
|
|
| Hurling or curling |
|
|
| Monopoly, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Play or sport |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Dec 2015 |
| Part of a tennis set |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2015 |
| Ducks and drakes, for example |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Nov 2015 |
| Ready for action |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Oct 2015 |
| Match half of 16 down |
|
|
| Ready for action |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2015 |
| It's involved in developing amenities for sport |
|
|
| Halt contest |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Jul 2015 |
| Chess or charades |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2015 |
| Ready for anything |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2015 |
| Take dishonest advantage of |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2015 |
| Section of online magazine to go up – ready? |
|
|
| Somehow disabled in sport |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Apr 2015 |
| Willing |
LA Times Daily |
01 Apr 2015 |
| Ready for anything |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Mar 2015 |
| Hunted animals or birds |
The Times Concise |
17 Mar 2015 |
| Hobbling contest? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jan 2015 |
| See 22 Across |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2015 |
| Flirting prowess |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Chess or charades |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Checkers or Monopoly |
|
|
| Up for the challenge |
|
|
| Take dishonest advantage of |
|
|
| See 22 Across |
|
|
| Willing to try |
|
|
| Ready for anything |
|
|
| Twister, e.g. |
|
|
| Part of a tennis set |
|
|
| Ready for action |
|
|
| Pool or polo |
|
|
| Willing to participate |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Clue or Life |
|
|
| Scrabble, say |
|
|
| Kind of preserve |
|
|
| Checkers or chess, e.g. |
|
|
| Spirited crossword, perhaps? |
|
|
| Willing to play along |
|
|
| Up for it |
|
|
| Operation, e.g. |
|
|
| With 3-Down, dead serious look |
|
|
| Seahawks outing |
|
|
| Monopoly or hearts, e.g. |
|
|
| Clue or Life |
|
|
| Chess or checkers |
|
|
| Many an app |
|
|
| Clue is one |
|
|
| First word in 104-Across |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Checkers or chess |
|
|
| Charades, e.g. |
|
|
| Mah-jongg or Ping-Pong |
|
|
| Safari sightings |
|
|
| Up for anything |
|
|
| Risk or Clue |
|
|
| Playful Queen album, with "The"? |
|
|
| Playful Queen album (with "The")? |
|
|
| Warden's charge |
|
|
| Risk or Clue |
|
|
| Up for anything |
|
|
| Many a smartphone app |
|
|
| Hunter's quarry |
|
|
| Word before plan or face |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| "Monday Night Football" feature |
|
|
| Operation, e.g. |
|
|
| Darts or hearts |
|
|
| Polo or pool |
|
|
| Jenga or jacks, e.g. |
|
|
| Willing to try |
|
|
| Meeting of Senators and Kings |
|
|
| "It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the ___" |
|
|
| Match part |
|
|
| Statues or sardines |
|
|
| Hearts, e.g. |
|
|
| Chess, e.g. |
|
|
| Hearts, e.g. |
|
|
| Tag, for one |
|
|
| Reason for a tailgate party |
|
|
| Diversion |
|
|
| Hearts or Spades, for example |
|
|
| Super Bowl, e.g. |
|
|
| Tiddlywinks or tag |
|
|
| Darts, e.g. |
|
|
| Hunter's quarry |
|
|
| Super Bowl, e.g. |
|
|
| Hunter's quarry |
|
|
| Arena event |
|
|
| Jacks or hopscotch |
|
|
| Willing to take part |
|
|
| Sports contest |
|
|
| Competition |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Willing to try |
|
|
| Monday night entertainment, in fall |
|
|
| Willing to try anything |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Up for it |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
|
|
| Kind of warden |
|
|
| Clue, e.g. |
|
|
| Clue, e.g. |
|
|
| Candy Land, for one |
|
|
| Sports contest |
|
|
| Jacks or hearts |
|
|
| Hearts or darts |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Chess, for example |
|
|
| "Ender's ___" (classic sci-fi novel) |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Diplomacy, for example |
|
|
| Up for it |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
|
|
| Ready for anything |
|
|
| Willing to go along |
|
|
| Jacks, e.g. |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
|
|
| Monopoly, e.g. |
|
|
| "Monday Night Football" feature |
|
|
| Musical chairs or spin the bottle |
|
|
| Ready to try |
|
|
| Pool or polo |
|
|
| Twister, e.g. |
|
|
| Gutsy |
|
|
| Go, for one |
|
|
| Skittle or potsy, e.g. |
|
|
| Ready for anything |
|
|
| Flirting facility |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Polo or parcheesi |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
|
|
| Clue or backgammon, e.g. |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
|
|
| Hearts, e.g. |
|
|
| Risk or Clue |
|
|
| Go or go fish |
|
|
| Sporting |
|
|
| Willing to try |
|
|
| Scrabble or Go |
|
|
| Plucky |
|
|
| Deer and fox, e.g. |
|
|
| Arena event |
|
|
| Plucky |
|
|
| Othello, e.g. |
|
|
| Othello, e.g. |
|
|
| Monopoly or marbles |
|
|
| Twister, e.g. |
|
|
| Business, informally |
|
|
| Gutsy |
|
|
| Jacks, e.g. |
|
|
| Business, informally |
|
|
| Monopoly, e.g. |
|
|
| Up to it |
|
|
| Up to it |
|
|
| Plucky |
|
|
| Hearts or handball |
|
|
| Ready for the challenge |
|
|
| Hunter's quarry |
|
|
| Willing to try |
|
|
| Willing to try |
|
|
| Carnival offering |
|
|
| One of at least six in a set |
|
|
| Hearts or spades |
|
|
| Ready for action |
|
|
| Willing to try |
|
|
| Charades, e.g. |
|
|
| Ready for action |
|
|
| Chess, for example |
|
|
| Cops and robbers, e.g. |
|
|
| Hunter's prey |
|
|
| Hunter's prey |
|
|
| Uno, for one |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
|
|
| Ready for anything |
|
|
| Safari sighting |
|
|
| Ready for action |
|
|
| Deer or pheasant, at times |
|
|
| Jacks, e.g. |
|
|
| See 69-Across |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
|
|
| Plucky |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
|
|
| Willing to take part |
|
|
| Willing to play along |
|
|
| See 28-Down |
|
|
| Go fish, e.g. |
|
|
| Hunter's quarry |
|
|
| Ready and willing |
|
|
| Go fish, e.g. |
|
|
| Go or Monopoly |
|
|
| Poker or Pong |
|
|
| Word after board or blame |
|
|
| 24 Down prey |
|
|
| Sorry, for one |
|
|
| Pictionary, e.g. |
|
|
| Bridge, for one |
|
|
| Monopoly, e.g. |
|
|
| Prey |
|
|
| Checkers or Chinese checkers |
|
|
| Word with park or plan |
|
|
| Brave, in a way |
|
|
| Well-disposed |
|
|
| Up to the challenge |
|
|
| Willing to face danger |
|
|
| Ready to play |
|
|
| Softball match-up |
|
|
| Willing |
|
|
| Life, for one |
|
|
| ___ show (e.g., "Greed" or "Millionaire") |
|
|
| Willing to take part |
|
|
| Plucky |
|
|
| A partridge in a pear tree, to some |
|
|
| Warden's charge |
|
|
| Baseball or backgammon |
|
|
| Twenty-one, for one |
|
|
| Kind of preserve |
|
|
| Canasta or Myst |
|
|
| Parcheesi or polo |
|
|
| Croquet, for one |
|
|
| Chess or checkers |
|
|
| Monopoly, for one |
|
|
| Contest |
|
|
| Monopoly or marbles |
|
|
| Go or Go Fish |
|
|
| Clue, for one |
|
|
| Kind of warden |
|
|
| Word with park or plan |
|
|
| Gritty |
|
|
| Ready for action |
|
|
| Foxes, e.g. |
|
|
| "Name of the ___" |
|
|
| Hearts or darts |
|
|
| All-Star e.g. |
|
|
| Animals, to hunters |
|
|
| Charades or shuffleboard |
|
|
| Amenable |
|
|
| Hunter's prey |
|
|
| Spunky |
|
|
| Curling or hurling |
|
|
| Kind of plan |
|
|
| Ready for anything |
|
|
| Willing and able |
|
|
| Courageous |
|
|
| Fan fare |
|
|
| 15, 30, 45, ___ |
|
|
| Tag, e.g. |
|
|
| Something to play |
|
|
| Gritty |
|
|
| Ready for adventure |
|
|
| Intrepid |
|
|
| Hide-and-seek, for one |
|
|
| Hunter's quest |
|
|
| Musical chairs, e.g. |
|
|
| Safari quarry |
|
|
| Bridge bid |
|
|
| Baseball or tennis |
|
|
| ___ of chance |
|
|
| Waiting ___ |
|
|
| Bridge or poker |
|
|
| Hurling or curling |
|
|
| Football, for one |
|
|
| Kind of fish. |
|
|
| Hunter's prey. |
|
|
| Ready: Colloq. |
|
|
| Squirrels, rabbits, etc. |
|
|
| Plucky: Colloq. |
|
|
| Plucky. |
|
|
| Deer, rabbits, etc. |
|
|
| Go, for instance. |
|
|
| Saturday event. |
|
|
| Skat or loo. |
|
|
| Ready for anything. |
|
|
| Any contest of skill, courage, etc. |
|
|
| Resolute. |
|
|
| Having a resolute, unyielding spirit. |
|
|
| Fun. |
|
|
| Curling. |
|
|
| Saturday diversion. |
|
|
| Bowls or skittles. |
|
|
| Having enough spirit: Colloq. |
|
|
| Scrabble, for instance. |
|
|
| 5,000 points at canasta. |
|
|
| Charades; "The ___." |
|
|
| Army vs. Navy. |
|
|
| 100 pts. in bridge. |
|
|
| A form of charades (with "The"). |
|
|
| Object of T. R.'s expedition, 1909. |
|
|
| iPhone app, perhaps |
|
|
| Twister, e.g. |
|
|
| Portion of a set: Tennis. |
|
|
| Hunter's objective. |
|
|
| Sport. |
|
|
| Wild animals. |
|
|
| Scrabble. |
|
|
| TV sports treat. |
|
|
| Wild birds, fish, etc. |
|
|
| Test of skill. |
|
|
| The All Star of July 14th. |
|
|
| Form of play. |
|
|
| Bingo, for instance. |
|
|
| Part of a rubber. |
|
|
| Having fighting spirit. |
|
|
| Canasta. |
|
|
| Lions and tigers. |
|
|
| Never-say-die. |
|
|
| Willing: Colloq. |
|
|