Basketball attempt Crossword Clue

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Basketball attempt Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an estimate based on little or no information
2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm
(adjective)
1. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BASKETBALL (noun)
1. a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
2. an inflated ball used in playing basketball
ATTEMPT (verb)
1. make an effort or attempt
2. enter upon an activity or enterprise
ATTEMPT (noun)
1. the act of attacking
2. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

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More NYT Crossword (4/6/2026) Answers

Across

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5. Bit of smoke

9. Primate native to Madagascar

14. Land where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet

15. Up the ___ (raise the stakes)

16. Wipe off, as a blackboard

17. Gotham City SOS

19. Krypton and xenon

20. Casino machines

21. Tavern perch

23. The first T of TNT

24. Sure thing

26. Administered an oath to

28. Dissension cause, in Greek myth

33. Clog or pump

34. "Après ___, le déluge"

35. One of 88 on a piano

36. Not square

37. Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have?

40. Poetic homage

43. Sedan or coupe

45. The "G" in L.G.B.T.

46. Much-admired person

47. "Take it easy, will you?!"

51. Food court loiterer, say

52. Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo

53. Industrious little insect

54. Made a boo-boo

57. "Freddie Mercury" or "Lady Gaga"

61. "___ truly ..."

63. Poker tell, perhaps

65. Green ___ (special military headwear)

66. Field of study

67. Prerogative of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council

68. Idyllic places

69. Office message

70. Give off, as radiation

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1. Protective wear for lobster eaters

2. Exam that doesn't need pen or paper

3. Grp. joined by Finland in 2023 and Sweden in 2024

4. Men's fashion magazine

5. Show a dog's excitement, as a tail

6. B&Bs

7. Field goal percentage, for one

8. Politico Nancy

9. Certain submission moves in wrestling

10. Period to live through

11. Jedi who trained Luke, formally

12. Bit of log-in info

13. Sticky tree secretion

18. Now it's clear

22. Cries of pain

25. Ceremonial splendor

27. Kind of deer

28. It's flicked from a cigarette

29. ___ Beta Kappa

30. Highbrow critics may sneer at it

31. Dandy

32. ___ Maradona, Argentine soccer legend

37. Possible causes of in-flight disputes

38. "Platoon" setting, in brief

39. Not natural, as hair color

41. Medic

42. Antlered animal

44. The Falcons, on scoreboards

46. "'Tis but a scratch"

47. Went paddling

48. Part of the body with a lobe

49. Go live on the internet, say

50. Playwright George Bernard __

51. Fence-sitter's response

55. Jane of Brit Lit

56. Judge to be

58. Tabloid twosome

59. When Macbeth meets the witches

62. Stimpy's canine pal

64. ___ Te Ching

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