Start of a football play Crossword Clue

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Start of a football play Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. move or strike with a noise
2. separate or cause to separate abruptly
(noun)
1. an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
2. tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FOOTBALL (noun)
1. any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other’s goal
2. the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
PLAY (verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
PLAY (noun)
1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
2. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

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More WSJ Crossword (2/25/2025) Answers

Across

1. Secretly loops in, when emailing

5. Ladybug’s prey

10. Festive gathering

14. Frequently

15. Any of millions in an iPhone display

16. ___ mater

17. Viral phenomenon

18. Packed like sardines

19. Jet engine sound

20. Dissension cause, from Greek myth

23. Bill Gates and Matt Damon, with respect to Harvard

24. High-minded

25. Rapp of "Mean Girls"

26. Like two peas in ___

28. Lauding lines

29. Squads that may or may not participate in March Madness

36. Sticky crud

38. Juicers’ intake

40. Feature controlled by adjusting telescopic lenses

43. Start for plane or angle

44. Idiot

45. With 31-Down, world record holder in the 100-meter dash

47. Twitch

50. Orange topping in a sushi restaurant

53. “Get off my case!”

56. Pulitzer winner James

57. Panera fixtures

58. Site of uncontrolled fusion

60. Ground beef package word

61. Light wood

62. Guinness land, to natives

63. Question to a backstabber

64. Ease

65. Show that featured Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy

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Down

1. Sound of impact

2. Removed any confusion from

3. Part

4. Treeless plain

5. Fancy send-off

6. Wine grape

7. Walks, with “it”

8. "Why haven't you …?" retort

9. Wrap purveyor

10. Lines at the checkout?

11. Coolly distant

12. Quick on the uptake

13. Ruggedly healthy

21. Stay singer Lisa

22. Piggy bank feature

23. Khal ___ (Jason Momoa’s “Game of Thrones” character)

26. Designer Gucci

27. Cuban currency

30. River of Russia

31. See 45-Across

32. Follower of ad or show

33. Like emperor penguins

34. Racing game with power-up mushrooms

35. Strength of character

37. It might include small fries for small fry

41. Show up

42. Contemplate

46. Periods of equilibrium

47. 9-Down fixture

48. Sound of Washington

49. Bothered

50. Common sense

51. High-IQ group

52. Bacon offering

54. Buckwheat noodles

55. O’s shape

59. Speed up, as an engine

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