| Like a basketball game without any passing |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2026 |
| Person-to-person |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Two-person basketball game |
USA Today |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Directly between two individuals (3,2,3) |
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| Person-to-person |
Universal |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Like the Final Tribal Council, often |
TV |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Basketball matchup for two people |
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| Meeting between two people: Hyph. |
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| Close encounter |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Two-player basketball game: Hyph. |
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| Private meeting |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Type of basketball contest (hyph.) |
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| Intimate chat |
Premier Sunday |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Two-person basketball game |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2023 |
| Like a tryst, usually |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2023 |
| Private meeting |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2023 |
| Like many interviews |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Nov 2021 |
| Tête-à-tête |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2021 |
| Like tutoring, typically |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2021 |
| Court battle, of a sort |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Two-person meeting |
New York Times |
23 May 2021 |
| Hoops game |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Apr 2021 |
| Private meeting |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2021 |
| Tte--tte |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2020 |
| Like most job interviews |
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| Private tutoring session |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Private tutoring session |
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| Two-person meeting |
Universal |
10 Apr 2019 |
| Like a typical therapy session |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2019 |
| Like a typical therapy session |
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| Person-to-person |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2019 |
| Person-to-person |
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| Two-person meeting |
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| Like a typical therapy session |
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| Private tutoring session |
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| Person-to-person |
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| Like air hockey |
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| Private meeting |
New York Times |
27 Jul 2018 |
| Interview, often |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2018 |
| Interview, often |
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| Interview, often |
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| Private meeting |
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| Private chat |
Premier Sunday |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Personal interview |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2017 |
| Personal interview |
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| Private meeting |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2015 |
| Court competition, found literally seven times in this puzzle |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2015 |
| Intimate meeting |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2015 |
| Common court battle |
New York Times |
28 Aug 2015 |
| Confrontational |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2015 |
| Game for two |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2015 |
| Close encounter |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2015 |
| Common court battle |
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| Confrontational |
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| Court competition, found literally seven times in this puzzle |
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| Private meeting |
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| Close encounter |
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| Game for two |
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| Intimate meeting |
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| Many a pickup game |
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| Like a private tutoring session |
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| Like tutoring |
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| Without an intermediary |
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| Two-player basketball game |
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| Direct |
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| Like many an oral exam |
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| Like a man-to-man defense |
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| Intimate meeting |
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| Person-to-person |
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| Court battle |
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| Like many interviews |
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| Like an oral exam, often |
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| Court activity |
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| Court confrontation |
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| Private meeting |
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| Kind of defense |
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| Court battle, of a sort |
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| Basketball game with no passing |
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| Private meeting |
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| Like H.O.R.S.E. play, usually |
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| Playground duel |
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| Playground game |
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| Private |
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| Like most tutoring |
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| Two-person meeting |
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| Mano a mano |
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| Exclusive meeting |
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| Directly |
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| Person-to-person |
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| Like private lessons |
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| Up close and personal |
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| Tete-a-tete |
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| Tete-a-tete |
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| Two-player hoops game |
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| Tête-à-tête |
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| Head-to-head |
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| Mano a mano |
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| Intimate chat |
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| Configuration of six places in this puzzle's answer |
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| Game for two |
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| Type of instruction |
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| Confrontational meeting |
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| Two-player basketball game |
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| Like most tutoring |
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| Directly |
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| Directly |
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| Hoops game |
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| Jordan vs. Bird, e.g. |
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| Court confrontation |
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| How H.O.R.S.E. is usually played |
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| Private |
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| Some court practice |
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| Like private lessons |
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| Basketball game played by two people |
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| Person-to-person |
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| Confrontation |
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| Mano a mano |
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| Confrontational meeting |
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| Like many debates |
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| Like most tennis matches |
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| Court game |
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| Court battle, of a sort |
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| In direct competition |
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| John McLaughlin show |
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| Direct communication |
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| Like many a gunfight |
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| Court game |
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| Like an Oprah interview |
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| Like private lessons |
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| Personal |
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| Direct encounter |
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| Kind of basketball game |
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| Person-to-person |
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| Confrontational |
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| Mano a mano |
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| Kind of competition |
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| Directly adversarial |
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| Basketball game |
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| Blacktop basketball contest |
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| Basketball defense |
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| Court defense |
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| Basketball strategy |
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| Playground game |
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| Man-to-man, in basketball |
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