Hot Shot
◆ · By Brian Callahan
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Pre-shootout periods, in soccer: Abbr.
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Across
- 1APre-shootout periods, in soccer: Abbr.
- 4AWest coast daily, for short (where you can find an absolutely delightful crossword by your humble constructor on Monday, August 14th
) - 7APotent cannabis strain
- 8A___ Corp (investment firm founded, owned, and operated by a former N.Y. Yankees player)
- 10A2001 Billboard chart-topper by 3-Down that inspired an actual legal defense strategy named after 3-Down
- 12AAeschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides
- 13AUnpleasant post-bender portmanteau
- 14A"No" vote
- 15ASellout inits.
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- 1DBested in a footrace
- 2DTongue heard in Botswana (that's also seen in "Botswana")
- 3DSee 10-Across
- 4DDirector John of "Animal House," "The Blues Brothers," "Trading Places," "Three Amigos," "Coming to America," and the music video to Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
- 5DMore pretentious
- 6D"You say ___, I say ___" ("Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" lyric)
- 7DFriends and acquaintances, quaintly
- 9DSay 10-Across, e.g.
- 11DFocus of study at Indiana University's Kinsey Institute