Ball Park Expansion
Mark McClain


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  •  1  With the letters to the right, start of a phrase that is a baseball term, but also used in real life with a different meaning

  •  7  Hapless fellow

  • 10 Blah feeling

  • 13 Hot check letters

  • 16 Standoffish

  • 17 Quitter's statement

  • 18 ___-cone

  • 19 Thrilling move by a trapeze artist (or in baseball, a fielder's feat that might show up on SportCenter's Top Ten of the day)

  • 21 ___ carrier (mason's assistant)

  • 22 Ring decision, briefly

  • 23 Severe danger

  • 24 "The Prime of Miss Jean ___" (1969 film starring Maggie Smith in her first Oscar role)

  • 26 King with a "touch"

  • 29 Resembling a moray

  • 31 Drum set cymbals

  • 34 Euros, in Spain

  • 35 One way to liven up a drab and rundown intersection? (or in baseball, put the ball on the very edges of the zone)

  • 41 Operated

  • 42 Low-tech sect

  • 43 Informal promissory note

  • 45 Common sight in many a city park (or in baseball, baserunners)

  • 52 Blows off a dinner reservation

  • 54 Old coot

  • 55 Like banjo necks

  • 58 Stamped about angrily

  • 60 Avoid contact with

  • 61 Commercial phrase on some diet foods

  • 63 Important card

  • 65 Obamacare, initially

  • 66 Sales rep's successful spiel (or in baseball, a delivery when the count is full)

  • 70 Retail number, briefly

  • 71 Artery insert

  • 72 Bakery emanation

  • 73 FDR's successor

  • 75 Gave a hoot

  • 76 With the letters to the right, end of the phrase

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  •  1  Toots ___'s Restaurant (20th century Manhattan eatery patronized by the rich and famous)

  •  2  Vegan protein option

  •  3  Freezes back up after a thaw

  •  4  Headed to overtime

  •  5  ___ and kin (friends and relatives)

  •  6  Select for the hall of fame

  •  7  Fire, in Folkestone

  •  8  Muse of history (or advertising award)

  •  9  Soft shoe, casually

  • 11 Chapel Hill's state (abbr.)

  • 12 Sam, Remus or Vanya

  • 14 Putting (someone) in an untenable situation

  • 15 Raw material

  • 20 Resort with springs

  • 22 With the letters below, part two of the phrase

  • 24 Russian pancake

  • 25 With the letters below, part three of the phrase

  • 26 ___ tai (cocktail)

  • 27 London-based communications giant

  • 28 "Spring forward" letters

  • 30 Person in charge (abbr.)

  • 32 Hoppy brewpub option, briefly

  • 33 They're often call dollies

  • 36 Prof's helper

  • 37 Medicare option (abbr.)

  • 38 German article

  • 39 Winter hrs. in Tulsa

  • 40 "That's bi-i-ig problem!"

  • 44 Poetic tribute

  • 46 Vehicle that may be purchased on eBay

  • 47 Mention as a reference

  • 48 Chess piece on a horse, briefly

  • 49 Basic heart test (abbr.)

  • 50 "The Raven" creator

  • 51 Out of the ordinary

  • 53 "Back in ___!" (BRB)

  • 56 Tickle pink

  • 57 Senior member of a group

  • 58 Grand Canyon boats

  • 59 Fed. agency concerned with guns

  • 62 In French, it means "melted"

  • 63 Wile E Coyote's vendor

  • 64 Lake or nation of Africa

  • 66 Letter afterthoughts

  • 67 ___-12 (conference for ASU and Stanford)

  • 68 George Gershwin's brother

  • 69 Civil case matter

  • Created with Raphaël 2.3.0
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