| Slider or sinker |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2025 |
| Gradient of playing field (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Frequency (5) |
Mirror Quick |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Throw (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Field and throw (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Shot with 3 Down |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Talk about hearts, mine being superior |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Jul 2025 |
| A throw of note? (5) |
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| Sporting angle? (5) |
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| Field and throw (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Throw to a batter |
Commuter |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Throw in a diamond as sales talk (5) |
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| Field of sound intensity (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 Jun 2025 |
| That of a black note? (5) |
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| Throw but be gentle with it, child (5) |
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| Quietly yearn for somewhere to play (5) |
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| Something black and sticky and soft and long (5) |
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| Dark-coloured substance |
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| Steepness of a roof (5) |
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| *a.k.a. soccer field |
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| Dirty place by church for playing field (5) |
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| Slider or cutter |
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| Sales talk |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Hurl down slope (5) |
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| Level playing field |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Tar |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Mar 2025 |
| "___ Perfect," 2012 movie that ends with an a capella group's show-stopping final performance |
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| Sell, as an advertising concept |
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| Something black to be played on (5) |
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| How steep the roof is, and how black (5) |
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| To set in a key (mus) (5) |
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| Hurl or throw (5) |
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| Sinker, slider or curveball |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Sinker. slider or curveboll |
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| Perfect __ (musician's asset) |
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| Hit the wicket, as the ball may do |
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| Slow ___, softball rule set played recreationally |
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| Tone of sound (5) |
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| Cast required for play, perhaps (5) |
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| Can't be green if it's black (5) |
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| Throw and field |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Jan 2025 |
| Sales presentation |
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| Ball thrown to a baseball batter (5) |
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| Presentation made by hopefuls on Dragons' Den (5) |
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| Penny with teasing desire to have a throw (5) |
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| Quiet desire to have a fling? (5) |
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| A football field of note (5) |
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| Black cover for playing area (5) |
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| Throw and field (5) |
Puzzler |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Throw the ball |
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| Place on which to play sport? Some stop it changing (5) |
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| Throw a black cover on the road (5) |
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| What is a sales presentation to persuade someone to buy something? (5) |
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| Throw black stuff (5) |
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| Throw a curveball, say |
Universal |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Quietly desire something black (5) |
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| Frequency at court (5) |
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| Hurl black sticky stuff (5) |
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| Sales attempt |
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| Sports field |
The Times Concise |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Throw |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Business proposal ... or the central strip of a cricket field |
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| This is the key to a water-tight surface (5) |
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| Fling sticky black stuff (5) |
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| Throw |
Mirror Tea Time |
11 Sep 2024 |
| There's a big hole, child, at the bottom of the field (5) |
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| Sales talk in play area? |
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| Tar |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Level playing field |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Set up sales talk |
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| Field throw |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Area of play, soccer ... |
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| PlusWord No 755 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Quality of sound in playing area (5) |
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| Actor Brad reportedly getting an award in area of cricket field (5) |
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| It is as black as the playing area can be (5) |
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| It is black, where they're playing (5) |
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| Shy sales patter |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
20 May 2024 |
| Sales talk |
LA Times Daily |
10 May 2024 |
| Central strip of a cricket field (5) |
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| Black material for the making of a sports arena (5) |
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| Shiny black sports field (5) |
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| Tenacious substance |
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| Groundsman may prepare it to move like a ship (5) |
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| Tone of voice used for a sales talk? (5) |
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| Quietly long for cricket ground (5) |
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| Chuck it at the hole, child (5) |
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| Sporting field (5) |
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| Throw from bowler to batsman (5) |
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| Black shining substance |
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| Try to sell playing field (5) |
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| Does it make for a sticky wicket? (5) |
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| Baseball delivery |
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| The queen deserted baseball thrower for the cricket ground (5) |
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| Degree of slope where game is played (5) |
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| Throw |
Mirror Tea Time |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Slow ___, softball rule set played recreationally |
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| Sales spiel |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2024 |
| The high point of a fling |
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| Slump |
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| TV writer's proposal |
Universal |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Steepness of roof (5) |
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| Delivery from Darvish |
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| Angle in playing field (5) |
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| Throw and field |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Throw to a batter |
USA Today |
03 Oct 2023 |
| Business proposal or a baseball throw |
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| Try to sell field |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Aug 2023 |
| Put up (a tent) |
The Times Concise |
25 Jul 2023 |
| Playing area; throw |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jul 2023 |
| Marketing spiel |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2023 |
| Spiel, dark stuff |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Dec 2022 |
| Perfect ___ (musical ability) |
USA Today |
09 Dec 2022 |
| "___ Perfect," 2012 Anna Kendrick film about an a cappella group starring a female ensemble cast |
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| Word before or after perfect |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2022 |
| *Venue for football |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Fling; golf shot |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Throw |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Pa drops a long throw |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Nov 2021 |
| Inning's beginning |
Universal |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Jet to want to pursue dive bomber initially |
|
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| Resinous substance in part of cricket field |
|
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| Topic for a voice coach |
New York Times |
28 May 2021 |
| Place on a scale? |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Mar 2021 |
| Playing area perfect for some musicians |
|
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| Vin Diesel's "___ Black" |
|
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| . Put up with sales talk |
|
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| Forays off factory ship by launch |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Nov 2020 |
| Level playing field |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jul 2020 |
| "___ Perfect," 2012 film about an all-girl A cappella group starring Anna Kendrick |
|
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| Home delivery? |
Universal |
19 Jun 2020 |
| Slope, of a roof say |
Irish Times Simplex |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Field throw |
|
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| Sales talk to those characters at the end of 5 down |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 May 2020 |
| Elevator ___ (business proposal) |
|
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| Toss onto the playing field |
Irish Times Simplex |
26 Feb 2020 |
| Throw a breaking ball |
Family Time |
15 Dec 2019 |
| What you'd expect of a non-level playing-field |
|
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| Level throw |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Sinker, slider or spitball |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2019 |
| "___ Perfect," 2012 Anna Kendrick movie |
|
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| Mark's at church ground |
|
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| Sales talk |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Level playing field |
|
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| Playing field |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Apr 2019 |
| Tar; lob |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Mar 2019 |
| Buy lines? |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Mar 2019 |
| Sales spiel |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Buy lines? |
|
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| Sinker, slider or spitball |
|
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| Sports field |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Dec 2018 |
| Level playing field |
|
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| Note sung |
Newsday |
30 Nov 2018 |
| Sales talk |
Jonesin |
27 Nov 2018 |
| Knuckler or slider |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Football/cricket area |
The Times Concise |
02 Aug 2018 |
| Diamond delivery |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Throw; tar |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Feb 2018 |
| Diamond delivery |
|
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| Knuckler or slider |
|
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| Throw to a batter |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2017 |
| Shy salesman's patter |
|
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| No hesitation shown by player in Baseball Ground |
|
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| Work from the mound |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jun 2017 |
| Tar; toss |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Apr 2017 |
| Degree of intensity in effort to sell |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Apr 2017 |
| Sort of pine, soft pine |
|
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| Substance containing cold, distilled residue |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Sep 2016 |
| Substance containing cold, distilled residue |
|
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| Spurs No 2 has long throw |
|
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| Roofing material |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2016 |
| Throw it in front of parish church |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Aug 2016 |
| President's desire to lend a hand |
|
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| Level of intensity |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 May 2016 |
| Undermine child's play area |
|
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| Throw from field |
|
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| Singer's concern |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Toss ... and a hint to the last words of 18-, 27-, 49-, and 62-Across |
The Washington Post |
11 Apr 2016 |
| Play area is mine — catch taken at boundaries |
|
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| Take the mound |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Roofing material |
|
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| Bit of marketing |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Angle (of a roof) |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Nov 2015 |
| Tar to set up camp |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Nov 2015 |
| A level playing field |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Oct 2015 |
| Check under bed for bowl? |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Jul 2015 |
| Spiel |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2015 |
| -- and putt |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Feb 2015 |
| Spiel |
|
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| Place on a scale? |
|
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| Bit of marketing |
|
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| Throw up in court being detained |
|
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| Quiet yearning to settle |
|
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| Tuner's concern |
|
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| Tuning-fork standard |
|
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| Level playing field |
|
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| Sound quality |
|
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| Sinker or two-finger fastball, e.g. |
|
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| Hull sealer |
|
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| Black market trader's location |
|
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| Selling technique |
|
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| Sound quality |
|
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| Selling technique |
|
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| Sell, as an idea for a TV show |
|
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| See 59-Across |
|
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| Every musician wants it perfect |
|
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| Sinker, e.g. |
|
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| Throw from the mound |
|
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| Toss |
|
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| Chorister's concern |
|
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| Work on the mound |
|
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| Salesperson's specialty |
|
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| Work on a mound |
|
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| Work on a mound |
|
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| High-pressure talk |
|
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| High-pressure talk |
|
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| Sales talk |
|
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| Try to arouse interest in |
|
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| See 51-Down |
|
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| Throw |
|
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| Plunge forward |
|
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| Throw from the mound |
|
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| Take the mound |
|
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| Throw |
|
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| Sell, as an idea for a TV show |
|
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| Throw from the mound |
|
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| Work on the mound |
|
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| Toss with careful aim |
|
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| Word with sales or perfect |
|
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| Emulate Roger Clemens |
|
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| Sales ____ |
|
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| Come-on |
|
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| Sales spiel |
|
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| Ball or strike |
|
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| Throw your best spitter |
|
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| Sales spiel |
|
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| Fall forward |
|
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| Sales spiel |
|
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| Slider, e.g. |
|
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| Intonation |
|
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| Emulate Goose Gossage |
|
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| Seaver's can reach 95 m.p.h. |
|
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| Seaver delivery |
|
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| Slider, for one |
|
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| Sales try |
|
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| Sales talk |
|
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| Slider |
|
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| Start of the ball game. |
|
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| Popular card game. |
|
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| Resin. |
|
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| Hurl. |
|
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| Golfer's shot |
|
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| Curve, for one. |
|
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| Ball or strike. |
|
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| Baseball term. |
|
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