___ breaker, basketball move that causes the defender to fall over Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue ___ breaker, basketball move that causes the defender to fall over featured in New York Times Mini puzzle on December 16, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ANKLE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ANKLE ___ breaker, basketball move that causes the defender to fall over (5) New York Times Mini Dec 16, 2025
6% KEELS Falls (over) (5) LA Times Daily Dec 3, 2025
5% ALLEYOOP Two-player basketball move (8) The Atlantic Dec 4, 2025
5% LEAF It falls in fall (4) Universal Nov 23, 2025
5% FUSE Circuit breaker (4) Puzzler Backwords Nov 21, 2025
5% RUST Fall into disrepair over time (4) New York Times Nov 19, 2025
5% SCOOTS Moves (over) (6) Universal Nov 9, 2025
5% STUTTER ___ step (basketball move) (7) USA Today Oct 13, 2025
4% SLEETS Winter falls (6) Wall Street Journal Dec 13, 2025
4% TWENTYONE Pontoon moved over there in case of tide (9) The Times Cryptic Dec 12, 2025

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