| Certain earring |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Circular type of earring |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Stud alternative |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Possibly tire of work on house |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Basketball target |
|
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| Basketballer's need |
|
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| Ring holding staves (4) |
|
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| Goal in basketball |
|
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| What one might go through in a performance (4) |
|
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| Nothing interrupting dance band |
|
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| Embroidering aid |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2025 |
| Hula ___ (twirling toy) |
|
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| Hula ___ (exercise prop) |
|
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| Large metal ring (4) |
|
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| Jump over ring... and ring (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Apr 2025 |
| Hula-___ (circular toy) |
|
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| Hula ____, crisp |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Ringlike earring |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Free throw target |
LA Times Daily |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Head Office's short operation for band (4) |
|
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| Ring fictional bear to come back (4) |
|
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| Circle beginning to operate in spring (4) |
|
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| Circutar band |
|
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| Hula ___ |
|
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| Ring, essentially |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2025 |
| Type of round earring |
|
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| Who, say, with Penny had the ring? (4) |
|
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| Basketball target |
|
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| Metal, wooden or plastic ring (4) |
|
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| "I like slam dunks take me to the ___ / My favorite play is the Alley Oop" ("Basketball" lyric) |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2025 |
| Hula ___; toy twirled around the waist |
|
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| Hop in the circle to the band (4) |
|
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| One of six in garden croquet |
New York Times |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Ring Houses of Parliament initially about nothing |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Backboard attachment |
New York Times |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Fictional bear has turned up something to bowl (4) |
|
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| Old-timey children's toy |
|
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| Band to jump on ring (4) |
|
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| Wooden ring, or ring used in dance (4) |
|
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| Type of earring |
New York Times |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Returned Pooh for another child's toy |
|
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| Earring style |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Band with nothing to see in spring (4) |
|
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| Hula ___ |
|
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| Needed for playing basketball when Piglet's pal went back (4) |
|
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| Hula ___, toy that you can enjoy playing with on a chilly fall day |
|
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| Circular band of metal, plastic etc |
|
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| Hula ___ (exercise prop) |
|
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| Nose ring shape |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Cooper may have used it to dance round the ring (4) |
|
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| Wooden ring (4) |
|
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| Bear jumps up to get round toy (4) |
|
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| Ring Winnie back (4) |
|
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| Winnie the overturned ring of wood (4) |
|
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| A rigid circular band |
|
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| Circle bear heading west (4) |
|
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| Exercise ring: hula - |
|
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| Circular band of metal (4) |
|
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| Hula __ |
Commuter |
04 Jul 2024 |
| The ring Winnie returned |
|
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| Band shortening housework (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Dream catcher part |
|
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| (4/7) "Curry shoots... and the ball passes through the ___ like butter. No biggie for Curry!" |
|
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| For the ball, brought in a dance band (4) |
|
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| Ring |
Mirror Quick |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Ring and laugh at work |
Mirror Cryptic |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Ring on "la" or "spaghetti'" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Kind of earring (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
30 May 2024 |
| Round earring |
|
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| 1 Across target |
|
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| Hula ___ (child's toy) |
|
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| Earring shape |
Commuter |
17 May 2024 |
| Hula ___ (twirling toy) |
|
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| Hula ___ (exercise prop) |
|
|
| Round figure |
Newsday |
13 Apr 2024 |
| Prop for a magic act |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Bear's shown up in circus apparatus |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 Apr 2024 |
| Something a circus lion might jump through |
|
|
| Netball target |
|
|
| Skirt shape |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Earring shape |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Hula ___, toy (4) |
|
|
| Court target |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Feb 2024 |
| Rigid circular band |
Mirror Classic |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Hula ___ |
|
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| Basketball ring (4) |
|
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| Earring type |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Feb 2024 |
| __ skirt |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Ring of plastic, wood etc (4) |
Puzzler |
09 Feb 2024 |
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Basketball target |
Universal |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Earring shape |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Who opposes inner band? (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Crinoline skirt structure |
|
|
| Bulls' target |
|
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| Band round cask (4) |
|
|
| Earring shape |
Universal |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Earring style |
USA Today |
08 Oct 2023 |
| Embroidering aid |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2023 |
| Stud alternative |
Universal |
20 Sep 2023 |
| Barrel part |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Kind of earring |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Ring 6 up |
The Guardian Cryptic |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Basketball target |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Type of round earring |
|
|
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Rhythmic gymnastics prop |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Apr 2023 |
| Barrel band |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2023 |
| Slam dunker's target |
|
|
| Hula-___ |
Universal |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Metaphorical hurdle to jump through |
Universal |
04 Mar 2023 |
| Backboard attachment |
Premier Sunday |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Hula ___ |
|
|
| Round earring option |
Universal |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Basketball player's goal |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Dec 2022 |
| Basketball target |
Newsday |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Circular earring |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Ring of a barrel |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2022 |
| Target in basketball |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Basketball target |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Ring children's character back |
|
|
| Barrel part |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Aug 2022 |
| Ring |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Aug 2022 |
| Basketball rim |
Universal |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Croquet arch |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Hula ___ |
Family Time |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Hula ___ (twirling toy) |
|
|
| Hula — |
Premier Sunday |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Court ring |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Mar 2022 |
| "___ Dreams," 1994 documentary film based on two boys pursuing their basketball dreams |
|
|
| Type of earring |
|
|
| Earring type |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jan 2022 |
| O-shaped earring |
Universal |
24 Dec 2021 |
| Band |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Earring type |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2021 |
| Round up the bear |
|
|
| Slam dunk receptacle |
Canadiana |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Net holder |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Aug 2021 |
| Cool thing to shoot at |
Family Time |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Earring style |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Simple earring shape |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Hula ___ |
|
|
| Skirt genre |
Canadiana |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Basketball target |
Newsday |
10 May 2021 |
| Prop for a levitation trick |
Newsday |
01 May 2021 |
| Court target |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2021 |
| Bear up in the band? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Circular band |
The Times Concise |
09 Apr 2021 |
| Circle dance goes around in a circle |
|
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| Hula ___ |
|
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| Soho open-air boxing ring |
|
|
| Old circular toy |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Circular band |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Sep 2020 |
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Shape of some earrings |
USA Today |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Certain earring |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2020 |
| Slam dunk target |
Universal |
27 Jul 2020 |
| Hula ___ |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Big earring |
Universal |
06 Jun 2020 |
| Basketball target |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Style of earrings |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Style of earrings |
The Washington Post |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Target for a hook |
The Washington Post |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Target for a hook |
LA Times Daily |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Hula __ |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Hula __ |
The Washington Post |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Circular earring |
Universal |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Hula ___ (exercise prop) |
|
|
| Type of skirt or earring |
Universal |
23 Dec 2019 |
| Extra circle in dance – suggestion for the hula? |
|
|
| Sign of bad cough? Ring and stop work |
|
|
| Love being in dance band |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Embroidery stretcher |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2019 |
| It goes round and round in dance |
|
|
| Circular earring |
New York Times |
11 Nov 2019 |
| Circular earring |
|
|
| Circular band, in basketball, say |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Earring type |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Oct 2019 |
| Croquet arch |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Basketball basket |
Newsday |
03 Sep 2019 |
| Embroidery aid |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Big earring type |
Universal |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Hula ring |
|
|
| Circular kind of earring |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2019 |
| Jump round ring or jump through this? |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Mar 2019 |
| Circular band |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Mar 2019 |
| Earring style |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2019 |
| Earring style |
The Washington Post |
23 Jan 2019 |
| Basketball basket |
Universal |
21 Jan 2019 |
| Earring style |
Universal |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Big earring type |
|
|
| Earring style |
|
|
| Embroidery aid |
|
|
| Basketball basket |
|
|
| Circular kind of earring |
|
|
| Earring style |
|
|
| Earring style |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Earring shape |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2018 |
| Slam dunk target |
USA Today |
21 May 2018 |
| Milne's bear returns ring |
|
|
| One of a trio at either end of a Quidditch pitch |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
23 Mar 2018 |
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Love, encapsulated by dance band |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Jump round ring; shouldn't one jump through it? |
|
|
| Who opposes inner band? |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Hula ring |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Husband rings father about start of Liverpool game |
|
|
| Earring style |
|
|
| Hula __ |
|
|
| Slam dunk target |
|
|
| One of a trio at either end of a Quidditch pitch |
|
|
| Earring shape |
|
|
| Earring variety |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2017 |
| Basketball need |
Universal |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Free throw target |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2017 |
| Piece of equipment for 29-Down |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Basketball rim |
Family Time |
21 Aug 2017 |
| Barrel part |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jul 2017 |
| Net holder |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2017 |
| Housework, something to jump through |
|
|
| Barrel band |
The Washington Post |
23 Jun 2017 |
| Barrel band |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2017 |
| Earring shape |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Wedding dress insert |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jun 2017 |
| Wedding dress insert |
The Washington Post |
16 Jun 2017 |
| Basketball rim or type of skirt |
Family Time |
05 Jun 2017 |
| The round of house work? |
|
|
| None impressed by dance band |
|
|
| Arch used in croquet |
Irish Times Simplex |
26 Apr 2017 |
| Magic target: to split housework |
|
|
| Lion tamer's accessory |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Circular band; child's toy |
The Times Concise |
06 Feb 2017 |
| Croquet arch |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Its diameter is roughly twice that of a basketball |
New York Times |
01 Feb 2017 |
| LeBron's target |
USA Today |
28 Jan 2017 |
| Its diameter is roughly twice that of a basketball |
|
|
| Certain earring |
|
|
| Piece of equipment for 29-Down |
|
|
| Basketball need |
|
|
| Barrel band |
|
|
| Wedding dress insert |
|
|
| LeBron's target |
|
|
| Earring variety |
|
|
| Free throw target |
|
|
| Basketball player's target |
Universal |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Circus prop |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2016 |
| Target for Carmelo |
Universal |
13 Sep 2016 |
| Circle, ring |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Band |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Aug 2016 |
| Ring Christopher's friend back |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Aug 2016 |
| Lion tamer's prop |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2016 |
| Basketball target |
Family Time |
05 Jun 2016 |
| Earring shape |
New York Times |
31 May 2016 |
| Earring style |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2016 |
| Shooter's target |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jan 2016 |
| Lion tamer's prop |
|
|
| Shooter's target |
|
|
| Earring shape |
|
|
| Lion tamer's accessory |
|
|
| Basketball player's target |
|
|
| Target for Carmelo |
|
|
| Court ring |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Dec 2015 |
| Bear up -- that could be the goal in court |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jul 2015 |
| Bear up -- there's a steel band! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Jun 2015 |
| Basketball necessity |
Universal |
23 May 2015 |
| Basket |
New York Times |
17 Apr 2015 |
| What an air ball misses |
Universal |
09 Mar 2015 |
| Hula -- |
Premier Sunday |
22 Feb 2015 |
| Garden target |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2015 |
| Shooter's target, often |
Universal |
27 Jan 2015 |
| Circlet |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Jan 2015 |
| Ring, essentially |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2015 |
| Occasional visitor to Britain dismissing old English band |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Jan 2015 |
| Ring for house work |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Jan 2015 |
| Basketball necessity |
|
|
| Hula -- |
|
|
| Basket |
|
|
| Shooter's target, often |
|
|
| Ring, essentially |
|
|
| What an air ball misses |
|
|
| Bit of a cough making one stop work |
|
|
| Ring bear up |
|
|
| Basket |
|
|
| Basketball rim |
|
|
| Lion tamer's apparatus |
|
|
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Ringlike earring |
|
|
| Earring style |
|
|
| Basketball rim |
|
|
| Shooter's target |
|
|
| Scarlett's skirt type |
|
|
| __ skirt |
|
|
| Showy earring |
|
|
| Dwayne Wade target |
|
|
| Simple earring style |
|
|
| Cager's target |
|
|
| Earring shape |
|
|
| __ skirt |
|
|
| A circus lion may jump through one |
|
|
| Cager's target |
|
|
| Basketball rim |
|
|
| Earring shape |
|
|
| Basketball rim |
|
|
| Lobe adornment |
|
|
| Target for a free throw |
|
|
| Lobe adornment |
|
|
| Earring style |
|
|
| Backboard attachment |
|
|
| Earring type |
|
|
| Skirt style |
|
|
| Earring or skirt shape |
|
|
| Ringlike earring |
|
|
| Stud alternative |
|
|
| Court target |
|
|
| Court target |
|
|
| Stud alternative |
|
|
| Band around a barrel |
|
|
| NBA target |
|
|
| Cricket wicket |
|
|
| Band around a barrel |
|
|
| Kind of skirt |
|
|
| Hula __ |
|
|
| Lobe dangler |
|
|
| Shooter's target |
|
|
| Target for a free throw |
|
|
| Lobe dangler |
|
|
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Circus trainer's prop |
|
|
| Hula ___ |
|
|
| Band around a barrel |
|
|
| Croquet wicket |
|
|
| Earring type |
|
|
| Slam dunk site |
|
|
| Slam dunk site |
|
|
| Cask support |
|
|
| Earring style |
|
|
| Cask feature |
|
|
| Court target |
|
|
| Cask support |
|
|
| Basketball backboard attachment |
|
|
| Skirt shape |
|
|
| Lion tamer's prop |
|
|
| Lion tamer's prop |
|
|
| Skirt stiffener |
|
|
| Stud alternative |
|
|
| Roundball target |
|
|
| Circular band |
|
|
| Tamer's prop |
|
|
| "___ Dreams" (1994 documentary film) |
|
|
| Earring type |
|
|
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Tamer's prop |
|
|
| Free-throw target |
|
|
| Skirt insert |
|
|
| Basket some shoot at |
|
|
| Basketball court item |
|
|
| Lion tamer's accessory |
|
|
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Farthingale part |
|
|
| Tamer's prop |
|
|
| Cager's target |
|
|
| Embroidery need |
|
|
| "___ Dreams" (1994 documentary) |
|
|
| Ear dangler |
|
|
| Earring shape |
|
|
| Michael Jordan's old target |
|
|
| Earring style |
|
|
| Dunker's target |
|
|
| Backboard attachment |
|
|
| See 1-Across |
|
|
| Cager's target |
|
|
| Earring style |
|
|
| Score for a 34-Across player |
|
|
| Basketballer's target |
|
|
| Two-pointer's target |
|
|
| Croquet wicket |
|
|
| Cager's target |
|
|
| Croquet wicket |
|
|
| Skirt shape |
|
|
| LeBron's target |
|
|
| Kind of skirt |
|
|
| "___ Dreams" (documentary film) |
|
|
| Cager's target |
|
|
| Bucket |
|
|
| Certain earring |
|
|
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Large earring |
|
|
| Jazz score |
|
|
| Hula-___ |
|
|
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Basketball essential |
|
|
| Basketball ___ |
|
|
| Showy earring |
|
|
| Basketball rim |
|
|
| Earring style |
|
|
| Jazz score |
|
|
| Wizards' target |
|
|
| Cager's target |
|
|
| Croquet arch |
|
|
| Embroidery stretcher |
|
|
| Hula ending |
|
|
| It's subject to a Shaq attack |
|
|
| Iverson target |
|
|
| Basketball target |
|
|
| Basketballer's target |
|
|
| Hula ___ |
|
|
| Barrel ring |
|
|
| Old style of skirt |
|
|
| Magic target |
|
|
| Michael Jordan's old target |
|
|
| Kind of skirt |
|
|
| Roundball target |
|
|
| Rodman's target |
|
|
| "_____ Dreams" (documentary film) |
|
|
| Skirt support |
|
|
| See 121 Across |
|
|
| Embroidering aid |
|
|
| Basket to some |
|
|
| Hula ____ |
|
|
| NBA target |
|
|
| "___ Dreams" |
|
|
| "_____ Dreams" (1994 documentary) |
|
|
| Shaq target |
|
|
| Skirt shape |
|
|
| Cager's target |
|
|
| Hula ____ |
|
|
| Showy earring |
|
|
| Basket for 52 Across |
|
|
| Wicket |
|
|
| "___ Dreams" (1994 documentary film) |
|
|
| Hula-_____ |
|
|
| Circlet |
|
|
| Embroidering aid |
|
|
| Bird's target |
|
|
| M. Jordan's target |
|
|
| Court feature |
|
|
| Barrel part |
|
|
| Holey roller |
|
|
| Abdul-Jabbar's target |
|
|
| Larry Bird's basket |
|
|
| Ring |
|
|
| Court target |
|
|
| Eyelet |
|
|
| Larry Bird's target |
|
|
| Animal trainer's prop |
|
|
| Child's plaything |
|
|
| Dr. J.'s target |
|
|
| Cask part |
|
|
| Jabbar's target |
|
|
| McAdoo's target |
|
|
| Simple toy |
|
|
| Target for Dr. J. |
|
|
| Hula, for one |
|
|
| Kind of old skirt |
|
|
| Kind of skirt or la |
|
|
| Croquet wicket |
|
|
| Kind of skirt |
|
|
| Old kind of skirt |
|
|
| Child's toy |
|
|
| Willis Reed's target |
|
|
| Fish net part. |
|
|
| Hula ___. |
|
|
| Croquet wicket. |
|
|
| Cask's circuit. |
|
|
| Kind of skirt. |
|
|
| Circle. |
|
|
| Basketball target. |
|
|
| Animal act equipment |
|
|
| Popular earring. |
|
|
| Framework for a skirt. |
|
|
| Part of a barrel. |
|
|
| ___ Jr., Derby winner, 1945. |
|
|
| Popular basketball magazine |
|
|
| Finger ring. |
|
|
| Ring. |
|
|
| Barrel part. |
|
|
| Child's toy. |
|
|
| Child's plaything. |
|
|
| Croquet arch. |
|
|
| Wicket. |
|
|
| Plaything to be rolled. |
|
|