Title comes from an old football quote, "It's not the X's and the O's but the Jimmys and the Joes," meaning the players on the field often trump even superior play calling / strategy / tactics.
Famous NYC punk venue that hosted early performances by The Ramones, Green Day, Pearl Jam, and many others
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Orizzontali
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Famous NYC punk venue that hosted early performances by The Ramones, Green Day, Pearl Jam, and many others
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Hens, cows, and sows
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Edges, like just outside the end zone or when you're super close to a winning a championship
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MGM movie opening sound (or from the crowd after a TD)
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Sunrise direction and name of two NFL divisions
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Manicurist's board
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Ukrainian actress Kurylenko from "Quantum of Solace" and "Black Widow"
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Simple evening?
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Clipper, Cav, or Celtic
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____ one's feet
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Mountain ending in West Virginia
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Where Tony Romo and Jim Nantz call games
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JFK's VP
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Weight plate nos.
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Text response that's rarely literal
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Sent in the troops
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Disrespectful remark
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Beginning or start
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To the utmost (and undefined) degree
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____-__-France (region)
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"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" singer Redding
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Shake hands on
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Blog feed letters
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Commercial with a purpose
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Team with the ball, as represented on locker room chalkboards
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Dolly was a cloned one
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Packed theater sign
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Each
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Coup d'____
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Imaginary boundary separating the offense from the defense on the gridiron and more literally, in this puzzle
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Egg-shaped (technically a football is a prolate spheroid)
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Quaint contraction that's an anagram of another contraction
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Hectic hospital areas
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Moisten
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Dudes
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Vikings vs. Packers kickoff hrs. when they play in December
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Convenience store convenience
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Circular bacterial infection in potatoes
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Delight (and a former Fox high school musical comedy-drama)
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Indian yogurt sauce side dish
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Quick laugh in triumph
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Condemns to hell
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Has a goal of, like winning the Super Bowl before the season starts
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Count or record systemically, like a statistician
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Dryly humorous
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Toward the stern
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Short (and sweet)-lived iMessage precursor for short
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One of Pooh's pals
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DOJ agency
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Cube-hopping '80s arcade creature with a pronounced proboscis
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Second former first lady Bush
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Mufasa's murderer and something chicks allegedly dig
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Doubly named Hawaiian fish
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Farm units
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Inca territory
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"Stupid ____ stupid does."
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She's Valkyrie in "Thor" and Bianca in "Creed" franchises
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Tennis star Djokovic, by birth
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Much less threatening and cutesy 14A
Verticali
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____-Magnon
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____ weevil (cotton pest)
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Lady with a good poker face?
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Donkey's sound
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On a mission for
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Yes, to Yamato
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15A in 99A
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Pittsburgh product and team namesake
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100 yrs.
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School from "Charm City" in the "Old Line State" that was the first 16-seed to beat a 1-seed in the NCAA basketball tournament
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Ocean-colored
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Like reserved seats
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Neighbor of Leb. (to the right)
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Substantial
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Diamond stat
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Block tower game
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Foul moods
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Letters after 4G
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It precedes dash or way
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Tolkien tree creatures or tinnitus specialists
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Trident-shaped Greek letters
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Guitar innovator Paul
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Modern acronym used for people in the early stages of dating to determine exclusivity (or not) -- or initials for recently-drafted Cleveland Browns QB from UCLA
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____-mo replay
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Spell caster
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Amateur baker's lament: "Why don't microwaves have ____ butter setting?"
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Most strange or creepy
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____ Bowler (NFL all-star)
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Flight info
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Delighted dog motion
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Summer in 41A
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Table shaker contents in 41A
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Some laptops
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First responders
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Flo Rida track touting apple-bottom jeans and boots with the fur (with the fur!)
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"____ got my eye on you!"
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"Unforgettable" and regal crooner Cole
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Second most common surname in India
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He's "A-Team" player
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Sporty Mazda
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Pre-marriage roommate, informally (taken from a verb)
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____ mater
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Circus site
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Month, in Milan
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Twitter shares, briefly
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Snitch
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Four qts.
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Sushi, usually
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Competition in the sky
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Laid back soft-rock / reggae #1 hit from Jason Mraz
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Stereotypical jock label
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Not on
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Blend of spices for the smoker
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Recipe amounts (abbrev.)
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Mine extracts
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Slurpee competitor
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Muslim ruler title
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Tabula ____ (clean slate)
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Defrost
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Back muscle
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What comes between cool and cucumber or fit and fiddle