NOUN: "a [football] play that simulates a pass play so a runner can go straight up the middle past the pass rushers" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "a [football] play that simulates a pass play so a runner can go straight up the middle past the pass rushers" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. thread on or as if on a string
2. remove the entrails of
(noun)
1. poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
2. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FOOTBALL (noun)
1. any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other’s goal
2. the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
STRAIGHT (adjective)
1. characterized by honesty and fairness
2. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
STRAIGHT (adverb)
1. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
2. without deviation
STRAIGHT (noun)
1. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
2. a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

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