| Hit with a rolled-up magazine, maybe |
New York Times Midi |
14 Sep 2026 |
| Whack |
USA Today |
13 Sep 2026 |
| Police jacket letters |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Aug 2026 |
| Smack, as flies |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2026 |
| Hit, as a fly |
Universal |
14 Aug 2026 |
| Hit at, as a fly |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2026 |
| Go after, as a fly |
Universal |
21 Jul 2026 |
| Bat away, e.g. an insect |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Jul 2026 |
| Smack (a fly, e.g.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Jul 2026 |
| Smack, like a fly |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2026 |
| Whack, as a fly |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2026 |
| Hit at flies (4) |
Mirror Classic |
30 May 2026 |
| __ team (elite police force) |
Commuter |
27 May 2026 |
| Whack, as a fly |
New York Times Midi |
21 May 2026 |
| Smack |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2026 |
| Whack |
Wall Street Journal |
13 May 2026 |
| Whack |
USA Today |
05 May 2026 |
| Hit |
USA Today |
29 Apr 2026 |
| Smack hard |
Premier Sunday |
19 Apr 2026 |
| Hit, as a fly |
Premier Sunday |
22 Mar 2026 |
| Hit smartly |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Feb 2026 |
| Smack a fly, say |
|
|
| Hit at, as a fly |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2026 |
| Slap (at) |
New York Times |
05 Feb 2026 |
| Whack |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2026 |
| Sharp slap |
Commuter |
31 Jan 2026 |
| Sharp blow in southern temple (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jan 2026 |
| Military-style Cross Atlantic police unit (abbr.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Jan 2026 |
| 2003 action film starring Samuel L Jackson and Colin Farrell (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
16 Jan 2026 |
| Try for a fly |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jan 2026 |
| Debug? |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2025 |
| Sharp slap |
Commuter |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Hit |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2025 |
| Hit (a fly) (4) |
Puzzler |
12 Nov 2025 |
| Whack |
Commuter |
01 Nov 2025 |
| Try for a fly |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Oct 2025 |
| Whack, as a fly |
Universal |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Sounds like keen student to hit a fly (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 Oct 2025 |
| Term for a paramilitary unit in law enforcement (4) |
The Guardian Weekend |
20 Sep 2025 |
| Hit the buzzer? (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Hit, as a mosquito |
Universal |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Hit, as a fly |
Universal |
22 Aug 2025 |
| Hit a pesky fly, say (anagram of "twas") |
|
|
| Smack |
USA Today Quick |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Pop flies? |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jul 2025 |
| ___ team (special police unit) |
|
|
| Whack with the hand |
Commuter |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Whack |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Whack, as a baseball |
Family Time |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Quick hit |
Commuter |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Thwack |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jun 2025 |
| Whack |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2025 |
| Lightly smack |
Commuter |
23 May 2025 |
| Fly-hitting device |
The Times Concise |
20 May 2025 |
| Whack hard, as a baseball |
Family Time |
19 May 2025 |
| Hit with a smack |
New York Times |
18 May 2025 |
| Try for a fly |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2025 |
| Hit (a fly) sharply (4) |
|
|
| Smack a fly, say |
|
|
| CBS police procedural starring Shemar Moore |
|
|
| Crush (an insect) with a sharp blow |
|
|
| '70s crime series rebooted in 2017 |
TV |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Smack |
Commuter |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Crush (a fly) |
|
|
| Thwack, as a fly |
Universal |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Smack |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Hit (a fly) |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Police Dept. team |
|
|
| Acronym for a US police team which uses military equipment and tactics (4) |
|
|
| Crush with a sharp blow (4) |
Puzzler |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Sacrifice a fly? |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Hit, as a fly |
Universal |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Hit at flies (4) |
Mirror Classic |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Whack |
Universal |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Hit a fly |
TV |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Whack, as a fly |
LA Times Daily |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Debugging action? |
|
|
| ___ team (it's summoned in a hostage situation) |
|
|
| Smack |
USA Today Quick |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Give a firm wallop |
|
|
| Hit smartly (4) |
Puzzler |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Police procedural in its eighth season that has been canceled twice |
|
|
| 2003 action film starring Samuel L Jackson and Colin Farrell (inits) |
Mirror Quiz |
18 Nov 2024 |
| US police tactical unit |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Hit a pesky fly, say |
|
|
| Shoo away tactical team (4) |
|
|
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Be guilty of insecticide? (4) |
|
|
| Smoosh, as flies |
|
|
| Whack |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Wife sat outside needs fly-killer |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Try for a fly |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Sultan of ___ (nickname for Babe Ruth) |
|
|
| Hit, like a fly |
Universal |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Wife positioned outside to deliver blow |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Whack |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Bring a flier to a striking conclusion (4) |
|
|
| 2003 Samuel L. Jackson movie based on (and named after) a 1970s TV show |
|
|
| Hit a pesky fly, say |
|
|
| Hit suddenly |
|
|
| Crush (a fly) |
|
|
| Wife positioned outside in tactical team |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Whack |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Fly blatter sweated Dee out (4) |
|
|
| Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth's nickname) |
|
|
| Hit a fly, say |
|
|
| 2003 action film starring Samuel L Jackson and Colin Farrell (inits) |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Give a thwack |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Hit the fly: 'sealed with a thump' initially! (4) |
|
|
| Quick hit |
Newsday |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Light hit |
Commuter |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Hit a buzzer, maybe |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Whack |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Shoo a fly (4) |
|
|
| US police tactical unit |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Armed police could kill a fly (4) |
|
|
| Playful smack |
Commuter |
29 Jun 2024 |
| The Sultan of ___, nickname for baseball legend Babe Ruth |
|
|
| Swing at a mosquito |
USA Today |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Special Weapons and Tactics |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Hit, as an insect |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Clark Johnson film starring Colin Farrell and Jeremy Renner (4) |
|
|
| 'TWAS |
|
|
| 2003 movie based on a '70s police procedural |
|
|
| Sounds like keen student to hit a fly (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Whack, as a mosquito |
Universal |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Try to hit a fly |
|
|
| Smack, like a cat toy |
USA Today |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Hit sharply: - a fly |
|
|
| 'The Akond of -', nonsense poem by Edward Lear (4) |
|
|
| Smack, as a mosquito |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Take action on the fly? |
|
|
| Hit, as a fly or pop fly |
|
|
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Hit at flies |
Mirror Classic |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Hit, like a cat toy |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2024 |
| Hit with a flat object |
|
|
| Swipe at (4) |
|
|
| Was wrong for tyrannical leader to hit it so smartly (4) |
|
|
| A heavy blow during the midshipman's watch (4) |
|
|
| Try for a fly |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Whack (fly) |
|
|
| The Sultan of ___, nickname for baseball legend Babe Ruth |
|
|
| Police tactical unit (Acro.) |
|
|
| Babe Ruth's "sultanate" |
Commuter |
02 Feb 2024 |
| Whack |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Playfully hit |
Commuter |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Hit insect (4) |
|
|
| Hit insect |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Take a swipe at it, eviscerating shallow assistant |
|
|
| Smack |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Babe Ruth, 'The Sultan of ___' |
|
|
| TV series for Kenny Johnson |
Commuter |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Kill flies |
Commuter |
27 Dec 2023 |
| Hit sharply (4) |
Puzzler |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Shemar Moore TV series |
Commuter |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Slap |
Commuter |
20 Dec 2023 |
| CBS drama series |
Commuter |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Police crisis team |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Series for David Lim |
TV |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Insect hitting device, fly ... |
|
|
| Give a "whap!" |
Universal |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Sharp whack |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2023 |
| Beat the buzzer? |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Whack, as a fly |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Smack hard |
Premier Sunday |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Try for a fly |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Sep 2023 |
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Aug 2023 |
| Try for a fly |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Jul 2023 |
| Insect-hitting device |
The Times Concise |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Hit |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Hit, as a fly |
Universal |
06 Jul 2023 |
| Swish away, as a fly |
|
|
| Smack a mosquito, say |
|
|
| (Hit with) a sharp blow |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Jun 2023 |
| Thwack |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2023 |
| Whack, as a housefly |
|
|
| Thwack like a fly |
USA Today |
01 Apr 2023 |
| Flatten, as a fly |
New York Times |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Hit, as a fly |
|
|
| Buzzer beater? |
Universal |
04 Mar 2023 |
| Hit sharply, as a mosquito |
|
|
| Whack |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Police jacket letters |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Whack |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2023 |
| Whack |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jan 2023 |
| Chase a fly, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jan 2023 |
| Police crisis team |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2022 |
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Dec 2022 |
| "___ Kats" (animated action series) |
|
|
| Make an area a no-fly zone? |
Universal |
15 Dec 2022 |
| Belt |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Thwack, as a fly |
Universal |
01 Nov 2022 |
| Try for a fly |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Hit like a fly |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2022 |
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Hit at a fly |
USA Today |
06 Aug 2022 |
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Jun 2022 |
| Whack |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Hit hard |
|
|
| Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth nickname) |
Universal |
03 May 2022 |
| Smack a fly, say |
|
|
| Hit with a paw |
Universal |
20 Apr 2022 |
| Thwack |
The Times Concise |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Hit like a gnat |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2022 |
| Big blow |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2022 |
| Hit with a newspaper, for example |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2022 |
| Bat away, a fly perhaps |
|
|
| Sharp blow |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Buzzer beater? |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2022 |
| Whack with a folded newspaper, say |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2021 |
| Hit swiftly, a fly perhaps |
|
|
| Police force acronym |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2021 |
| Whack, as a fly |
Universal |
05 Dec 2021 |
| Whack at a fly |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2021 |
| "___ Kats" (animated action series) |
|
|
| Try to hit |
Universal |
30 Oct 2021 |
| Clobber |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Police crisis team |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Acronym on a protective vest |
|
|
| Acronym on a protective vest |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2021 |
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Sep 2021 |
| Hit (an insect) sharply |
The Times Concise |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Thwack |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Thwack |
|
|
| Hit at, as a fly |
Newsday |
02 Aug 2021 |
| Hit with a newspaper, e.g |
Universal |
01 Aug 2021 |
| The Fringe's talk shows throw up hit |
|
|
| Smack overly diligent student by one's ear? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Hit a pesky fly, say |
|
|
| Swing at a mosquito |
USA Today |
09 May 2021 |
| Go after a fly |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2021 |
| Hit wicket in Test |
|
|
| Hanna-Barbera's animated series "___ Kats" |
|
|
| Try for a fly |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Feb 2021 |
| Hit |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2021 |
| Whack at a mosquito |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Whack at a mosquito |
|
|
| Smack, as a skeeter |
Universal |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Law enforcement acronym |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2021 |
| Law enforcement acronym |
|
|
| "___ Kats: The Radical Squadron," animated TV series |
|
|
| Ruth's sultanate? |
|
|
| Ruth's sultanate? |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2021 |
| Smack a fly, say |
|
|
| Give a 'Whap!' |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Powerful blow |
Newsday |
18 Dec 2020 |
| Strike that wasp periodically returning |
|
|
| Deal a crushing blow to? |
Universal |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Big bat |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2020 |
| De-bug? |
New York Times |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Smack, as a housefly |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Whack |
|
|
| Whack |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Whack |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Smack a baseball |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Strike, as at a mosquito |
Newsday |
07 Sep 2020 |
| Hit, as a fly |
Universal |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Knock out of the air, perhaps |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Try for a fly |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Police emergency squad: Abbr. |
|
|
| Sharp blow |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Powerful blow found in Washington's Watergate |
|
|
| Attack on a fly |
USA Today |
15 Jun 2020 |
| Quick hit |
Wall Street Journal |
23 May 2020 |
| Smack real good |
Newsday |
21 May 2020 |
| Hit with a sharp blow |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2020 |
| Police team for high-risk situation: Abbr. |
|
|
| Smack a fly, say |
|
|
| Smash, as a fly |
Family Time |
17 Feb 2020 |
| Hit a fly |
|
|
| Hit a pesky fly, say |
|
|
| Smack, as a mosquito |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2019 |
| Smack, as a mosquito |
|
|
| Housefly's demise |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2019 |
| Clock |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Whack |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2019 |
| Police jacket letters |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2019 |
| Gnat's undoing |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2019 |
| Big smack |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Hit hard |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Whack |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2019 |
| Whack |
|
|
| Trap wasp -- oddly, rotating fly-killer could do this |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Aug 2019 |
| Letters on a police jacket |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Nontoxic insecticide? |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2019 |
| Start or end for a fly? |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jun 2019 |
| Smack hard |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2019 |
| Whack, as a fly |
Universal |
10 Jun 2019 |
| Hit, as a fly or a flyball |
|
|
| Big blow |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2019 |
| Letters on some police jackets |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2019 |
| Hit sharply |
Wall Street Journal |
28 May 2019 |
| Smack, as a fly |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2019 |
| Smack, as a fly |
|
|
| Hit, as a fly |
Family Time |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Smack a fly, say |
|
|
| Try to hit |
Universal |
04 Mar 2019 |
| Hit, as a gnat |
Premier Sunday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Go after flies |
|
|
| Mighty home run blow |
Family Time |
07 Jan 2019 |
| Clock |
|
|
| Housefly's demise |
|
|
| Police jacket letters |
|
|
| Whack, as a fly |
|
|
| Hit hard |
|
|
| Smack hard |
|
|
| Big smack |
|
|
| Gnat's undoing |
|
|
| Hit sharply |
|
|
| Letters on a police jacket |
|
|
| Letters on some police jackets |
|
|
| Nontoxic insecticide? |
|
|
| Quick hit |
|
|
| Smack, as a fly |
|
|
| Whack |
|
|
| Whack |
|
|
| Start or end for a fly? |
|
|
| Try to hit |
|
|
| Hostage situation acronym? |
|
|
| "__ Kats," animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera about two feline pilots |
|
|
| Pop a fly? |
New York Times |
10 Dec 2018 |
| Sharp slapping blow which also means long hit in baseball |
|
|
| Pop flies? |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2018 |
| Big baseball hit |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Nov 2018 |
| Crushing blow |
Family Time |
25 Nov 2018 |
| Hit a fly with a quick stroke, say |
|
|
| Clobber |
Newsday |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Hurt a fly |
Universal |
17 Oct 2018 |
| A sharp blow or hit |
|
|
| Thwack |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2018 |
| 2017 TV reboot |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Sep 2018 |
| Housefly's undoing |
USA Today |
22 Aug 2018 |
| Smash, as flies |
Universal |
16 Aug 2018 |
| Hit swiftly, a fly perhaps |
|
|
| US armed police unit was sent out on time |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Aug 2018 |
| Hit at, as a fly |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2018 |
| Hit with a blow from a flat object |
The Guardian Speedy |
09 Jun 2018 |
| Smack, as a baseball |
Family Time |
30 Apr 2018 |
| Go after, as a mosquito |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Rescue team acronym |
|
|
| Rescue team acronym |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Letters on some bulletproof vests |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2018 |
| Law enforcement "team" |
Universal |
27 Jan 2018 |
| 2017 TV reboot |
|
|
| Letters on some bulletproof vests |
|
|
| Pop a fly? |
|
|
| Pop flies? |
|
|
| Thwack |
|
|
| Hurt a fly |
|
|
| Law enforcement "team" |
|
|
| Smash, as flies |
|
|
| Housefly's undoing |
|
|
| Try for a fly |
|
|
| Big baseball hit |
|
|
| Rescue team acronym |
|
|
| Police jacket letters |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Slugger's swing |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2017 |
| Dispatch a fly |
|
|
| Go after, as a fly |
|
|
| __ team |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2017 |
| Slap |
|
|
| Bat at a gnat |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Sep 2017 |
| Law enforcement jacket letters |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Big hit |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2017 |
| Blast a fly or baseball |
Universal |
31 Aug 2017 |
| Hit the buzzer? |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jul 2017 |
| Strike |
|
|
| Big hit |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2017 |
| A tactical law enforcement unit: Abbr. |
|
|
| Letters on a police jacket |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2017 |
| Blast, as a baseball |
Universal |
20 Mar 2017 |
| Sharp blow |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2017 |
| Heads of senior Whigs and Tories hit sharply |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Feb 2017 |
| Blast a fly or baseball |
|
|
| Blast, as a baseball |
|
|
| Big hit |
|
|
| Law enforcement jacket letters |
|
|
| Whack, as a baseball |
Universal |
05 Nov 2016 |
| ___ team (police unit) |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2016 |
| Short-lived 1970s cop show |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Sep 2016 |
| Squash mug |
|
|
| Rescue-squad acronym |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2016 |
| Acronym on some LVMPD jackets |
|
|
| Heavy blow |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Babe Ruth, the Sultan of ___ |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2016 |
| Police team acronym |
Universal |
26 Jul 2016 |
| With 13 Down, its work may be stunning |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2016 |
| To kill flies is heartless hard work |
|
|
| Sultan of __: Babe Ruth |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2016 |
| Wallop |
|
|
| Strike in a valley in Pakistan |
|
|
| Police team acronym |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2016 |
| Hit |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2016 |
| American police team positioned to apprehend women |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Apr 2016 |
| Fly's undoing |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2016 |
| Hit heartless drip |
|
|
| Leaders of social workers are threatening strike |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Mar 2016 |
| Didn't stand around waiting initially for strike |
|
|
| Crisis team acronym |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2016 |
| Babe Ruth, the Sultan of ___ |
|
|
| Police team acronym |
|
|
| Sultan of __: Babe Ruth |
|
|
| ___ team (police unit) |
|
|
| Crisis team acronym |
|
|
| Hostage-rescue acronym |
|
|
| Whack with a newspaper, perhaps |
New York Times |
02 Dec 2015 |
| Mighty blow |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2015 |
| Smack hard |
Premier Sunday |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Attempt to debug? |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Type of police team |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Go after, as a fly |
|
|
| Dispatch a fly |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2015 |
| Attack, as a gnat |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2015 |
| Strike, as a mosquito |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Go after a mosquito |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Aug 2015 |
| Hostage situation acronym |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2015 |
| Strong blow |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2015 |
| Powerful blow |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2015 |
| Try to beat the buzzer? |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2015 |
| Belt out of the park |
Universal |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Hit flies |
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| Bat a gnat |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Jun 2015 |
| Hit a baseball long and far |
Universal |
27 May 2015 |
| Police jacket acronym |
Universal |
14 May 2015 |
| Crushing blow |
Universal |
04 May 2015 |
| Hit with a sharp blow |
The Times Concise |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Can't say blow won't hurt a fly? |
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| Make like Babe Ruth |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2015 |
| Police crisis team |
Newsday |
25 Feb 2015 |
| Police jacket acronym |
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| Crushing blow |
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| Belt out of the park |
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| Heavy blow |
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| Police crisis team |
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| Strike, as a mosquito |
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| Strong blow |
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| Go after a mosquito |
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| Attack, as a fly |
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| Type of police team |
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| Powerful blow |
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| Mighty blow |
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| Make like Babe Ruth |
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| Dispatch a fly |
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| Attack, as a gnat |
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| Hostage-rescue acronym |
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| Police team acronym |
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| Smack |
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| Attempt to debug? |
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| Try to beat the buzzer? |
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| Whack with a newspaper, perhaps |
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| Hostage situation acronym |
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| Smack hard |
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| Hit a baseball long and far |
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| Sharp blow |
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| Police crisis unit |
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| Good whack |
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| Team letters? |
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| Good whack |
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| Sultan of ___ (nickname for 15-Across) |
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| Letters on some police jackets |
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| Powerful blow |
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| Whack |
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| Hit |
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| Whack sharply |
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| Police crisis unit acronym |
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| Police jacket acronym |
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| Rescue acronym |
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| Belt |
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| Team seen in the "Ocean's Eleven" remake |
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| Kill flies? It sounds like hard work |
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| Police crisis squad |
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| Elite police team |
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| Whack sharply |
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| Hostage crisis group |
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| Hit with a rolled-up newspaper, maybe |
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| Performer of high-risk operations |
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| Hit hard |
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| Attack, as a fly |
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| Attack, as a gnat |
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| Special police team |
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| Big blow |
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| 2003 Samuel L. Jackson remake |
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| Cuff |
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| Big baseball blow |
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| Bring down, as a fly |
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| Go after a fly |
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| Police team |
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| Whack, as a fly |
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| Hit, as a mosquito |
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| Hit, as a housefly |
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| Hit a fly |
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| Hit, as a fly |
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| Kind of team |
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| Police jacket letters |
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| Ruth's sultanate? |
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| Babe Ruth's sultanate? |
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| Do in, as a fly |
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| __ team: police crisis unit |
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| Babe Ruth was its "sultan" |
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| Babe Ruth was its "sultan" |
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| Sacrifice fly? |
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| Whack, as a fly |
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| __ team: police crisis unit |
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| Do in, as a fly |
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| Babe Ruth's sultanate? |
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| Go after, as a fly |
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| Hit the buzzer? |
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| Hostage-rescue acronym |
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| Smack hard |
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| Whack |
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| Smack |
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| Smack |
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| The Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth) |
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| Police jacket letters |
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| Smack |
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| Hostage-rescue acronym |
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| Try to flatten a fly |
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| Hit, as a mosquito |
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| Hit hard |
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| Powerful blow |
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| Kill flies, in a way |
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| Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth) |
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| Team acronym |
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| Elite police team |
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| Sacrifice fly? |
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| Smack hard |
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| Hit |
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| Belt |
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| Quick hit |
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| Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth) |
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| Bat a gnat |
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| Team acronym |
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| Elite police squad |
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| Quick smack |
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| "The Sultan of ___" (Babe Ruth) |
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| Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth) |
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| Hit hard |
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| Whack, as a fly |
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| Whack, as a fly |
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| Police jacket acronym |
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| Police crisis acronym |
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| Mighty blow |
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| Hit hard |
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| Police crisis acronym |
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| Swing at a mosquito |
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| Elite police team |
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| Go after flies |
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| Hit, as a fly |
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| Hit swiftly |
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| Slap |
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| Hit the buzzer? |
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| Wallop |
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| Acronym on some police jackets |
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| Attack flies, perhaps |
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| Crushing blow |
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| With 61 Down, repel |
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| Hit sharply |
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| Specialized police-team acronym |
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| Specialized police-team acronym |
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| Smack, as a fly |
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| Police-team acronym |
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| Slap |
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| Team letters |
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| Ruth's sultanate |
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| Flatten a fly |
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| Try for a fly |
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| Go after a fly |
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| Go for, as a fly |
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| Fly's undoing |
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| Acronym on some jackets |
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| Sharp blow |
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| Powerful blow |
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| Slap |
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| Spank |
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| End of a fly? ... or the start of one? |
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| Ruth's "sultanate" |
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| Go after a fly |
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| Police jacket letters |
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| The Sultan of ___ (Ruth's moniker) |
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| Certain crisis team |
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| Go after, as flies |
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| Hit, as a fly |
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| Hit flies? |
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| "The Sultan of __" |
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| Go for a fly |
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| ___ team |
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| Letters on some police jackets |
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| Heavy blow |
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| Hard-hitting team? |
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| Attack, as a fly |
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| Nail, as a fly |
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| Try to flatten a fly |
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| Flatten a fly |
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| Sharp blow |
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| Hit |
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| Go after a fly |
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| Kind of team |
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| Whack |
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| Hit flies? |
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| Hit hard |
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| Flatten a fly |
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| Smart blow |
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| NYPD unit |
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| Hit, as a fly |
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| Knock out of the park |
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| Go after a gnat |
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| Hit like Ruth |
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| Certain police team |
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| Hit like Ruth |
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| Hit the buzzer? |
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| Smack a fly |
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| Specialized police team |
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| Try for a fly |
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| Ruth's "sultanate" |
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| Blow |
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| Smack, as a baseball |
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| Police team |
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| Attack a fly |
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| Try for a fly |
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| Sultan of __: Babe Ruth |
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| Blow |
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| Police team |
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| Hostage-situation team |
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| Deal a sharp blow |
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| Belt |
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| Big baseball hit |
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| Big blow |
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| Try to hit, as a housefly |
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| ___ team (police group) |
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| Swing that rips the leather off the ball |
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| Powerful blow |
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| Whack |
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| '70s police drama |
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| Babe's sultanate |
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| "The Sultan of __" (Ruth) |
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| Go after a fly |
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| LAPD unit |
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| Ruth, "The Sultan of ___" |
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| Hostage crisis group |
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| 2003 Colin Farrell film |
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| Fight flies |
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| Nab a gnat |
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| ___ team |
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| Team letters? |
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| Try for a fly |
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| Babe Ruth's "sultanate" |
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| Police group |
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| Smack a fly |
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| Police unit |
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| Home-run blow |
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| Well-struck ball |
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| 2003 Colin Farrell movie |
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| Go after a gnat |
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| Belt |
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| Go after a gnat |
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| Babe Ruth's "sultanate" |
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| Type of team |
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| Go for a fly |
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| Quite a hit |
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| Hostage situation acronym |
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| LAPD unit |
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| Babe Ruth's "sultanate" |
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| Swing at a fly |
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| Acronym on a police jacket |
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| Swing at a fly |
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| The Babe's sultanate |
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| Ruth's sultanate? |
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| Fly's undoing |
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| Bat a 57-Down |
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| Hit like Ruth |
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| Police team |
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| Shot block, in hoops-speak |
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| Hostage situation acronym |
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| Go after flies |
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| "The Sultan of ___" (Babe Ruth's nickname) |
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| Aim for a fly |
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| Police team acronym |
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| Type of hostage-rescuing team |
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| Babe's sultanate? |
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| PD jacket letters |
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| Police crisis unit (inits.) |
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| Thwack |
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| Police-jacket letters |
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| Babe Ruth's "sultanate" |
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| Police emergency squad |
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| A type of team |
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| Hit |
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| Babe Ruth was its "sultan" |
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| Attack, as a gnat |
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| Smack |
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| Hit, as a homer |
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| One kind of team |
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| Dispatch a fly |
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| Ruthian blow |
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| Hostage- situation acronym |
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| Team with guns |
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| What Ruth was sultan of |
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| Smack a skeeter |
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| Home run, to Babe Ruth |
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| Attack a fly |
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| Diamond sultanate |
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| Bat like Babe |
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| Make a fly, or break a fly? |
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| Cuff |
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| Swing like Ruth |
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| Attack flies |
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| Try for a fly |
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| Make a fly die |
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| Ruth's sultanate? |
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| Type of team |
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| Police dept. unit |
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| Police emergency squad |
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| Smack a skeeter |
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| '70s police drama |
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| Attack mosquitoes |
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| Acronym on some jackets |
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| Law-enforcement team |
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| Flatten a fly |
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| Hit flies |
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| Hit a fly |
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| Wallop |
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| "The Sultan of ___" (Babe Ruth's nickname) |
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| Try for a fly |
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| Double or triple, possibly |
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| Quite a hit |
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| Hit a home run |
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| Hit a homer, e.g. |
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| Sharp blow |
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| Major hit |
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| Mighty hit |
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| The Sultan of _____ |
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| Police _____ team |
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| Take a swipe at |
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| Clout |
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| The Babe's sultanate |
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| Hit a fly |
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| Hit with a quick blow |
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| Hit like Ruth |
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| Smart blow |
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| Babe Ruth's sultanate |
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| Police team |
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| Do in a fly |
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| Ruth's sultanate |
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| Sharp blow |
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| Part of Pakistan |
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| District in Pakistan |
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| Bat a gnat |
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| Sultanate of sport |
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| Sudden blow to a fly |
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| Quick, sharp blow |
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| "Sultanate" of Babe Ruth |
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| Hit a gnat |
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| Get rid of flies |
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| Combat flies |
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| Catch a fly |
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| Ruthian wallop |
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| Long hit |
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| Go after flies |
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| Get a fly |
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| Dispatch a fly |
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| "The Sultan of ___" |
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| Special police dept. unit |
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| Hit a dipteran |
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| Long baseball hit |
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| Ruthian clout |
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| Police detail team |
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| Sultanate of Babe Ruth |
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| Sultan of ___ |
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| Hit |
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| Clobber |
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| Pakistan river |
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| Attempt to take out a drone? |
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| Strike: Slang. |
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| Go after a fly |
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| Bat |
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| Mickey Mantle's mighty blow. |
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| Sultanate challenged by Gil Hodges. |
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| Hit like Ruth. |
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| Triple or homer |
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| Sultan of ___. |
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| Sharp blow. |
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| Overcome a fly. |
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| Killebrew's forte. |
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| Ruthian hit. |
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| W. Pakistan river. |
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| Babe Ruth's kingdom. |
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| Pakistan province. |
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| Home run: Slang. |
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| Clout. |
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| Clobber. |
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| Hit hard. |
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| Batter's forte. |
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| The Babe's "kingdom." |
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| Hit. |
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| Batsman's forte. |
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| King of ___. |
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| Quick, sharp blow: Colloq. |
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| Batsman's clout. |
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| Babe Ruth, "Sultan of ___." |
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| Province of Pakistan. |
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| Hit flies. |
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| Four-bagger. |
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| Wallop. |
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| Sock. |
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| Babe Ruth's forte. |
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| Slug. |
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| Hit a fly. |
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| Heavy blow: Colloq. |
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| What Babe Ruth was Sultan of. |
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| Strategic move against mosquitoes. |
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| River in Pakistan. |
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| Hit energetically: Colloq. |
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| Hard hit. |
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| Ruth's sultanate. |
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| Ruth's Sultanate. |
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| Resounding slap. |
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| Babe Ruth's sultanate. |
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| Hit: Colloq. |
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| Moslem of Northwest frontier province, India. |
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| Shot block, in hoops-speak |
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| Kind of team |
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| Go after an annoying insect |
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| Acronym on a police jacket |
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| Bash. |
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