| Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2026 |
| What Joe Montana was in the '80s |
New York Times |
21 Dec 2025 |
| NFLer of San Fran |
Premier Sunday |
21 Dec 2025 |
| Frisco player |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Dec 2025 |
| Forty-____, NFL player; Nato number |
The Telegraph Mini |
05 Dec 2025 |
| Levi's Stadium player, informally |
New York Times |
20 Nov 2025 |
| Number spoken by pilots |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2025 |
| San Francisco NFLer |
LA Times Mini |
08 Nov 2025 |
| Brock Purdy, for one |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Bay Area football player |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2025 |
| San Francisco football player, informally |
New York Times Mini |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Levi's Stadium player, for short |
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| Bay Area NFLer |
LA Times Daily |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Forty follower |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2025 |
| San Francisco footballer, for short |
Commuter |
16 Apr 2025 |
| 40-Across, once |
|
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| NorCal gridder, informally |
|
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| Bay Area NFL player, informally |
Universal |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Highest digit in some phonetic alphabets |
|
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| Levi's Stadium gridder, informally |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Dec 2024 |
| San Francisco gridder |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Gold rush miner Forty- ___ |
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| Forty-___ (NFL player) |
Universal |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Kaepernick was one, informally |
Universal |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Certain number, on a walkie-talkie |
|
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| Frisco player |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Nov 2024 |
| San Francisco NFL player |
|
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| Bay Area player |
|
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| SF NFLer |
LA Times Daily |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Montana or Kaepernick, e.g. |
|
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| "9" in NATO alphabet |
|
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| NFLer supported by Sourdough Sam |
LA Times Daily |
12 May 2024 |
| San Fran athlete |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Joe Montana, from 1979-1992 |
|
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| Joe Montana, from '79-'92 |
Universal |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Levi' sr tadium pvayer |
|
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| Levi's Stadium player |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2024 |
| Losing player in the 2024 Super Bowl |
New York Times Mini |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Member of the 25-Across representative in Super Bowl LVIII, briefly |
|
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| Frisco player |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Feb 2024 |
| West Coast NFLer |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Frisco player |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Any member of San Francisco's NFL team |
|
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| Bay Area footballer |
Universal |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Frisco footballer |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Nov 2023 |
| S.F. NFLer |
Premier Sunday |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Bay Area NFLer |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2023 |
| Frisco player |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Feb 2023 |
| San Francisco NFLer |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2023 |
| Seahawk foe, briefly |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Frisco player |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Forty-___ (Gold Rush prospector) |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2022 |
| Montana, once |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Bay Area NFL player, for short |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Forty-___ (gold rush prospector) |
USA Today |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Frisco player |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Jan 2022 |
| Colin Kaepernick was one, familiarly |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2021 |
| Bay Area NFL player |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Bay Area NFL player |
|
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| Number in pilot-speak |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2021 |
| Montana, e.g., informally |
New York Times |
29 May 2021 |
| Forty follower |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2020 |
| Frisco footballer |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jul 2020 |
| San Francisco NFLer, informally |
Universal |
23 Jun 2020 |
| West Coast NFLer |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Montana, in the 1980s |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2020 |
| Forty-__ (gold rush prospector) |
Newsday |
19 May 2020 |
| San Francisco athlete, for short |
USA Today |
18 May 2020 |
| San Fran gridder |
The Washington Post |
07 Apr 2020 |
| San Fran gridder |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2020 |
| Frisco player |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Apr 2020 |
| Bay Area NFLer |
The Washington Post |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Bay Area NFLer |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Bay Area athlete, for short |
|
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| Bay Area NFL player |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Cali gridder |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2019 |
| Eight plus one, to aviators |
|
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| Bay Area gridder, in headlines |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jul 2019 |
| S.F. NFLer |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Forty-___ (old prospector) |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2019 |
| San Francisco gridder |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Jun 2019 |
| San Fran gridder |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Bay Area gridder, for short |
USA Today |
26 May 2019 |
| San Francisco pro |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| San Fran NFLer |
Premier Sunday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Pilot's digit |
The Washington Post |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Pilot's digit |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Cali gridder |
|
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| Levi's Stadium pro |
|
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| Bay Area gridder, for short |
|
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| San Fran gridder |
|
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| Pilot's digit |
|
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| Bay Area gridder, in headlines |
|
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| Forty-___ (old prospector) |
|
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| Bay Area NFLer |
|
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| Golden State gridder, for short |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2018 |
| NFL nickname |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Frisco footballer |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Seahawk rival, informally |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2018 |
| California gridder |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Apr 2018 |
| S.F. NFLer |
Jonesin |
06 Mar 2018 |
| San Fran pro |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| San Fran gridder |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Frisco footballer |
|
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| Seahawk rival, informally |
|
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| Golden State gridder, for short |
|
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| Forty-___ (California Gold Rush participant) |
|
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| NFLer of San Fran |
Premier Sunday |
08 Oct 2017 |
| San Francisco gridder |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2017 |
| West Coast NFLer |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2017 |
| West Coast NFLer |
The Washington Post |
16 Jul 2017 |
| Number spoken by pilots |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2017 |
| Levi's Stadium pro |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2017 |
| West Coast pro |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2017 |
| Eight plus one, to aviators |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Forty-__ |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2017 |
| West Coast NFLer |
|
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| West Coast pro |
|
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| Eight plus one, to aviators |
|
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| Levi's Stadium player, familiarly |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Colin Kaepernick, for one |
The Washington Post |
16 May 2016 |
| San Francisco footballer, for short |
Wall Street Journal |
16 May 2016 |
| Bay Area pro |
LA Times Daily |
06 May 2016 |
| San Fran gridder |
Universal |
17 Apr 2016 |
| Levi's Stadium player, familiarly |
LA Times Daily |
25 Mar 2016 |
| Montana was one in the '80s |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
18 Mar 2016 |
| Bay Area footballer, briefly |
The Washington Post |
23 Feb 2016 |
| San Fran pro |
Universal |
05 Jan 2016 |
| Pilot's number |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2016 |
| Montana was one in the '80s |
|
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| Forty-__ |
|
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| Bay Area pro |
|
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| San Fran pro |
|
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| Former Candlestick Park NFLer |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jul 2015 |
| Levi's Stadium athlete, informally |
New York Times |
10 May 2015 |
| Number used by pilots |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2015 |
| Frisco footballer |
|
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| San Francisco football player, for short |
|
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| Number used by pilots |
|
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| Levi's Stadium athlete, informally |
|
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| Former Candlestick Park NFLer |
|
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| San Francisco footballer, familiarly |
|
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| Super Bowl XLVII player |
|
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| Montana in the '80s, e.g. |
|
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| San Francisco footballer, in brief |
|
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| West Coast NFLer |
|
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| Bay Area gridder |
|
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| San Francisco gridder |
|
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| San Francisco gridder, familiarly |
|
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| N.F.C. West player |
|
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| Forty-__ |
|
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| What Montana was in the '80s |
|
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| Aviator's number |
|
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| Aviator's number |
|
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| Forty-___ (California Gold Rush participant) |
|
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| Montana, once |
|
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| San Francisco NFLer |
|
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| Digit in military lingo |
|
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| Bay area NFLer |
|
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| Montana, from 1979 to 1992 |
|
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| San Fran NFLer |
|
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| San Fran gridder |
|
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| Montana, once |
|
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| Forty-___ (gold seeker) |
|
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| Number, in pilot-speak |
|
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| CBer's number |
|
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| CBer's number |
|
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| San Francisco footballer, for short |
|
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| S.F. footballer |
|
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| Montana, once |
|
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| Ham's digit |
|
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| S.F. gridder |
|
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| Candlestick Park player, for short |
|
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| Forty-__ (gold-rush participant) |
|
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| NFL player |
|
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| Montana, once |
|
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| San Francisco NFLer |
|
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| Joe Montana was one |
|
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| Forty-___ (gold rush participant) |
|
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| Forty-__ (Gold Rush prospector) |
|
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| Number in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
|
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| Joe Montana or Jerry Rice, informally |
|
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| West Coast N.F.L.'er |
|
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| San Francisco ballplayer, briefly |
|
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| San Francisco NFLer |
|
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| Montana was one |
|
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| San Francisco NFLer |
|
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| Sourdough, for short |
|
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| Montana was one |
|
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| Monster Park player, familiarly |
|
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| Forty-___ |
|
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| Frisco footballer |
|
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| Montana, once |
|
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| San Francisco gridder, briefly |
|
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| Frisco squad member |
|
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| NATO Phonetic Alphabet number |
|
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| Number in CB lingo |
|
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| Montana, in the '80s |
|
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| Monster Park NFLer |
|
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| Frisco gridder |
|
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| West Coast NFLer |
|
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| Number in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
|
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| West Coast gridder |
|
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| Frisco gridder |
|
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| West Coast gridder |
|
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| Number in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
|
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| Monster Park NFLer |
|
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| Forty-___ (gold rush participant) |
|
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| NASA-speak numeral |
|
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| Frisco athlete |
|
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| West Coast gridder |
|
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| Bronc rival |
|
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| Cowboy rival |
|
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| S.F. athlete, Forty-____ |
|
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| Frisco gridder |
|
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| Frisco gridder |
|
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| Number in C.B. lingo |
|
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| Certain number in NASA lingo |
|
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| San Francisco player, briefly |
|
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| Joe Montana, once |
|
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| Astronaut's digit |
|
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| Montana, notably |
|
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| San Francisco footballer, briefly |
|
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| Forty-___ (gold rush participant) |
|
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| Montana, once |
|
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| Forty-___ (prospector) |
|
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| Certain numeral in NASA-speak |
|
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| Montana, e.g., once |
|
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| Montana was one |
|
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| West Coast footballer |
|
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| Frisco pro |
|
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| NFCer |
|
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| Phonetic alphabet number |
|
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| It may come after forty |
|
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| Frisco NFLer |
|
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| Frisco player |
|
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| Frisco NFLer |
|
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| Eighty-___ (early Oklahoma homesteader) |
|
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| Forty follower |
|
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| Frisco gridder |
|
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| Forty-__ |
|
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| Frisco player, familiarly |
|
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| Frisco player |
|
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| CBer's number |
|
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| Bayside footballer |
|
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| Ram rival |
|
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| Frisco footballer |
|
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| San Francisco gridder, for short |
|
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| Forty- ___ |
|
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| Forty-___ (prospector) |
|
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| Forty-__ (Gold Rush guy) |
|
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| Frisco footballer |
|
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| SF gridder |
|
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| West Coast gridder |
|
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| Calif. footballer |
|
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| Number in NASA lingo |
|
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| 3Com Park player |
|
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| Forty___ - |
|
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| San Francisco footballer, briefly |
|
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| Frisco gridder |
|
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| Gold Rush figure, for short |
|
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| Frisco footballer |
|
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| Forty- ___ |
|
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| Ram rival |
|
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| San Fran player |
|
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| Montana, from 1979 until 1992 |
|
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| Steve Young briefly |
|
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| Forty- ___^NINE |
|
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| Forty- - |
|
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| SF gridiron pro |
|
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| Steve Young, briefly |
|
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| Forty follower |
|
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| Number in NASA-speak |
|
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| Forty- ____: Frisco pro |
|
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| Forty- ____ |
|
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| Certain San Franciscan |
|
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| Jerry Rice, e.g., informally |
|
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| Forty __ |
|
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| Frisco footballer |
|
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| San Francisco player, for short |
|
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| Forty- ___ (a gold seeker) |
|
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| Forty-___ (early Californian) |
|
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| Forty ___ |
|
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| San Francisco player |
|
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| QB Montana, for short |
|
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| Tenner minus one? |
|
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| Forty follower |
|
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| " . . . miner, forty-___" |
|
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| S. F. Forty-___ |
|
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| "Dwelt a miner, forty-___" |
|
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| "Forty-___." |
|
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| Young, notably |
|
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| Forty- ___. |
|
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| S.F. pro |
|
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| Forty ___. |
|
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| Forty-___. |
|
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