Nickname for former Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (Hyph.) Crossword Clue

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Nickname for former Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (Hyph.) Crossword Answer

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PITCHER (noun)
1. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
2. (baseball) the person who does the pitching
NICKNAME (noun)
1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name)
2. a descriptive name for a place or thing
NICKNAME (verb)
1. give a nickname to

More Daily Pop Crossword (7/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. New York City sports arena above Penn Station for short

4. __ Moines Iowa

7. ___ Jones (American hurdler/bobsledder who competed in both Winter and Summer Olympics)

11. Four-string cousin of a guitar, informally

12. What a 401(k) may be rolled into, for short

13. Norse god played by Anthony Hopkins in "Thor: Ragnarok"

14. Small device for taking pics

16. Move like molasses

17. Tennis great who won a record-breaking sixth men's championship at Wimbledon on July 4, 1999 (2 wds.)

19. Cluck of disapproval

20. Opening ___ (start of a new baseball season)

21. State of the Reds and Browns

23. The NFL's Tampa ___ Buccaneers

24. Woodshop cutter

27. Baseball great who hit his 300th career home run on July 4, 1960 (2 wds.)

30. MLB execs, for short

31. "That works for me"

32. Pair in a baseball double play

33. Clinch, with "up"

34. ___ station (marathon area)

35. Boxing great who won his first world heavyweight title by defeating champion Jess Willard on July 4, 1919 (2 wds.)

40. Woodwind instrument similar to a clarinet

41. Gone from one's dinner plate (2 wds.)

43. "___ Ain't Your Color" (Keith Urban song)

44. Relatives

45. Result of a one-sided boxing match, for short

46. Month after August, for short

47. ___ Balls (snacks with marshmallow-coconut frosting)

48. Pointy-nosed fast jet, briefly

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Down

1. Fall-blooming flower, familiarly

2. Former ESPN sports commentator Bayless

3. Scientific study of heredity

5. Stats for baseball pitchers, for short

6. Beer brand named for a Revolutionary War figure, familiarly (2 wds.)

7. A bit daft

8. Dumpster emanation

9. Singer/actress Minnelli who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony

10. Singles in a tip jar

15. "No apology necessary" (2 wds.)

18. "Bridesmaids" actress Rudolph

21. Texter's "I cannot believe that"

22. That guy?

23. Times when an NFL team has no scheduled games (2 wds.)

24. Classroom figures

25. Ctrl-___-Del (key combo that reboots a PC)

26. 1978 NBA Finals MVP and Basketball Hall of Famer Unseld

28. Black-___ Susan (wildflower)

29. Invisible urban pollution

33. Shooting sport with clay targets

34. Info on some mailing labels, for short (2 wds.)

35. Steve who co-founded Apple

36. Well-equipped for the task

37. ___ d'etat (forceful takeover)

38. Big water pipe

39. Belly laughs

42. ___ roast (slow-cooked beef dish)

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