Best effort, in sports lingo Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AGAME Best effort, in sports lingo (5) USA Today May 24, 2017
85% BGAME Not a team’s best effort, in sports lingo (5) Wall Street Journal Apr 18, 2022
7% OWN Beat regularly, in sports lingo (3) The Washington Post Mini Oct 27, 2025
6% SCHLEP Effortful freighting (6) Newsday Dec 13, 2025
6% CREMEDELACREME Best of the best (14) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 10, 2025
6% DRAGS Pulls with effort (5)
6% ELITE Best of the best (5) New York Times Dec 1, 2025
6% ANA Get __ for effort (3) Newsday Nov 30, 2025
6% TRY Put in the effort (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 22, 2025
6% HEAVE Throw with effort (5) Thomas Joseph Nov 19, 2025

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