Play Ball!
◆ · Di DollarB44 · Pubblicato 2024-07-24T23:53:33.120Z
Constructor's Note
I hope you enjoy this puzzle tribute to "America's pastime!" Click the black boxes to reveal baseball-related alternate clues for the theme answers.
With the All-Star break behind us, baseball fans are gearing up for the final two months of the regular season. How's your team doing? My Brewers are in first place but can they keep it going and actually make some noise in the playoffs this year? Time will tell...
The puzzle photo is from a game I attended at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. It's an amazing minor-league stadium all Midwestern baseball fans should try to visit at least once!
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"_____ first you don't succeed..."
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Orizzontali
- 1A"_____ first you don't succeed..."
- 5ABatting or court follower
- 10ALet go
- 14A_____ contendere (type of plea)
- 15ABob's pal?
- 16AObject of worship
- 17AA bundle of three services or a rare way to end an inning
- 19APaper unit
- 20AZebra giraffe
- 21AEco-friendly Xmas decoration
- 22AIvan the Terrible, and friends
- 23AGo home alone from singles' night or a pitcher's goal
- 26ANolan Ryan's career one was 3.19
- 29AShort time span, shortened
- 30ASombrero of Seinfeld fame
- 33AMeal for a weevil
- 35AEnthrall
- 38ASuffix with tera or peta
- 39ANew Deal org.
- 40AScattered, as 69A
- 42AChurch reception mainstay
- 46AScat queen
- 47AFirst name in cosmetics
- 48ACribbage scoring marker
- 50ASoap ingredient
- 51AWell-sated Dracula or a batter's dilemma
- 55AMake another offer
- 58ATic-tac-toe winner
- 59A"Give it _____!" (enough already)
- 63AParty spread
- 64ASir Tony of the breakfast table? or an inning where a team loads the bases before recording an out but fails to score
- 66AAirport name abbr.
- 67ASore throat culprit, perhaps
- 68ABouncy stick
- 69AApple or sunflower
- 70ACarne ___ (Latin American entree)
- 71A26A or 55D, e.g.
Verticali
- 1DDivision preposition
- 2D"When you come to a _____ in the road, take it" (Berra quip)
- 3D"Et ___" (and others)
- 4DCompany whose Mickey Mantle rookie card recently sold for $12.6 million
- 5DHave bills
- 6DAchieve the same result again
- 7DA Doctor's rival?
- 8DSlip past
- 9DWrestler Mysterio
- 10DMaking out, to some or what Who is covering (in comedy)
- 11DInkling
- 12DStadium sound
- 13DStately trees
- 18DSoda pop units, briefly
- 22DVerb used with 17A
- 24DUmp : baseball :: _____ : football
- 25DParisian assent
- 26DAbate
- 27DCar name that rolls off the tongue?
- 28DChoir section
- 31DBikini, e.g.
- 32DAdverb with wed or minted
- 34DSource of the strange and unexpected or part of the large grassy area behind third base
- 36DLaw & Order spinoff
- 37DLegally used the left lane in certain urban areas
- 41DScot's "not"
- 43DMore than just a squabble
- 44DSushi roll topper
- 45DBoston higher ed. school
- 49DPicnic pest
- 52DPillages
- 53DG.I. Joe nemesis
- 54DManager's mound visits
- 55DHank Aaron had 2,297 in his MLB career
- 56DShore bird
- 57DChase a deceptive pitch, say
- 60DArts award "grand slam"
- 61DGenesis and Saturn creator
- 62DNot quite a canter
- 64DGov't. Internet chatter monitor
- 65DGov't. smog watchdog