Quarterback’s call Crossword Clue

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Quarterback’s call Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
(noun)
1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
2. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

QUARTERBACK (noun)
1. (football) the person who plays quarterback
2. (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
QUARTERBACK (verb)
1. play the quarterback
CALL (verb)
1. assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
2. make a prediction about; tell in advance
CALL (noun)
1. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
2. a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
PALY

More WSJ Crossword (9/28/2026) Answers

Across

1. Imitates Drake

5. Up in the air

10. Foolhardy

14. Singer Fitzgerald

15. Eva of Green Acres

16. Alternative to a foil or saber

17. Cheese from the Netherlands

18. Make amends

19. High point

20. 1985 zombie film

23. Sound during a fireworks show

24. Some citrus fruits

27. 1988 film set in an East Los Angeles school

34. Paints on a palette

35. Greek god of war

36. Dashboard gauge, in brief

37. Neighbor of Ga. and Ala.

38. Deimos and Phobos, for Mars

39. Pair

40. Addition column

42. Cornflake Girl singer Tori

43. "Show Boat" composer Jerome

44. 1986 Australian-produced film

48. Inquisitive sort

49. “Ballerina” star de Armas

50. Films requiring special glasses, or a different interpretation of 20-, 27- and 44-Across

57. Photog’s snap

60. Go ___ a limb

61. Not busy

62. New Zealand bird

63. Talk foolishly

64. Broncos coach Payton

65. Cruise destination

66. Did some cobbler work

67. Set of cards

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Down

1. Clarinet part

2. Alan of "M*A*S*H"

4. People studied by Margaret Mead

5. Christie of mystery fame

6. Wood strip

7. Clarinet kin

8. Adoring

9. Like the tundra

10. Allow back in

11. Tablet download

12. “Didn’t I warn you?”

13. Spell

21. Passing craze

22. Have a bug, say

25. Stayed away from

26. Locked down, perhaps

27. Sound of celebration?

28. Some flooring pros

29. Families-and-friends support group since 1951

30. Tennis star Osaka

31. Have a hungry reaction

32. Thick

33. River past Arles

38. Vigorous praise, in slang

41. Franklin Roosevelt’s Fala or George W. Bush’s Barney, e.g.

43. Mischievously dishonest

45. Sound during a fireworks show

46. Ill-fated

47. Card game akin to Crazy Eights

51. Continental currency

52. Bibliography abbr.

53. Shower affection (on)

54. Notion

55. Buoyant style

56. Transmit

57. Take to the slopes

58. Towel possessive

59. Symbol of wisdom

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