# Crossword Clue Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 25, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818 "2020-10-25T07:00:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 55

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1082 "2021-06-24T18:17:41Z")

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1. Goes with baseball, man or out
2. Agoraphobe’s preference
3. If a pitch, could be chin music

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1083 "2021-06-25T01:07:50Z")

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1. Racing on the rail
2. Place to be during a storm
3. Preposition

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1084 "2021-06-25T15:31:33Z")

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> [@bordelond](#):
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> - Eucker line "Just a bit \_\_\_\_ "

I choose this one! One of my favorite lines from _Major League_.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1085 "2021-06-25T15:40:12Z")

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> [@Rebo](#):
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> > [@bordelond](#):
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> > - Eucker line "Just a bit \_\_\_\_ "
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> I choose this one! One of my favorite lines from _Major League_ .

If you like one of my other ones second-best, might need to go with that. I flubbed the quote – it’s supposed to be “Juuust a bit **outside** ” 😐

The ol’ memory ain’t what it used to be.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1086 "2021-06-25T15:52:09Z")

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Oh Crap!!! Neither is mine, apparently. 😃

Ok - “Where kids go after dark” is good too.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1087 "2021-06-25T16:06:23Z")

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Thanks for the grace, **Rebo** 🙂

New word is …

**DOCTOR**

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1088 "2021-06-25T17:28:03Z")

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1. Doubly implored to by Robert Palmer
2. Honorific of MCU’s Doom and Strange
3. The worst patient

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1089 "2021-06-25T17:52:26Z")

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1. Fix, or fixer
2. Ent, but not in Tolkien
3. Pulaski or Pierce on TV

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1090 "2021-06-25T19:14:20Z")

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1. Who’s title
2. He says, “Say aah”

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1091 "2021-06-25T19:27:46Z")

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1. Professor, often
2. Carol Douglas’ orderer
3. One with bad handwriting

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1092 "2021-06-28T04:27:20Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> The worst patient

@Knowed_Out got it with the clue above.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1093 "2021-06-28T10:40:45Z")

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The answer is a variation of a famous name. Only one clue is required.

THE ROLLING SCONES

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1094 "2021-06-28T12:35:18Z")

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1. Mick’s biscuits?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1095 "2021-06-28T15:28:32Z")

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1. Bakery break-out

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1096 "2021-06-28T15:30:38Z")

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1. Keef & Mick with curd & cream?

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1097 "2021-06-28T16:05:07Z")

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1. Rock band supporting Cream and The Jam?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1098 "2021-06-28T17:50:21Z")

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1. Thick breads with flat cats?

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1099 "2021-06-28T18:18:04Z")

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1. Undulating pastry musicians?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1100 "2021-06-29T11:30:48Z")

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Hats off to all of you. All of these entries are excellent. This is a hard decision.

I’ll go with this one because it works in a Heinlein reference.

> [@SunUp](#):
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> Thick breads with flat cats?

You’re up, **SunUp**!

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1101 "2021-06-29T19:58:53Z")

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I like the longer phrase format, but no inspiration has set in.

So I’ll go with BUCK.

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