CROSSWORD
Sporting Nicknames
A sports-themed crossword exploring iconic monikers earned by stars of boxing, baseball, basketball, golf and more.
- Grid
- 13 × 13 Maxi
- Clues
- 58 9 themed
- Average solve
- 26:30 785 solves
- Rating
- 4.0 (25)
- Published
- 2 Apr 2022 Sporting Saturday
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Across
- 1 "Billy ___," novella by Herman Melville (4)
- 5 Mineral powder (4)
- 9 The ___, nickname for the US Rugby Team (6) · THEME
+26 more in the app
Down
- 1 Lauren ___, starred in "Key Largo" (6)
- 2 African country with Kampala as capital (6)
- 5 Nickname of golfer Eldrick Tont Woods (5) · THEME
+26 more in the app
Did you know?
Joe Montana was also known as "The Comeback Kid."
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