Diamond Cuts

From the mound to the box score, every pitch counts
Baseball lingo meets wordplay across nine innings of clues. Features pitching stats, sluggers past and present, and the quirky vocabulary of America's pastime.
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Across

  • 1A
    Over ___!
  • 7A
    Let it all out
  • 9A
    Sermon delivery spot
  • 11A
    Ivan ___, 'Deschooling Society' author
  • 12A
    Bargains, or what a blackjack dealer does
  • 13A
    Country star Randy, or Chiefs' Kelce
  • 14A
    Richards of 'Wild Things'
  • 16A
    Former Pirates slugger Brad
  • 17A
    Rain check cause at a ballpark

Down

  • 2D
    Bruising way to reach first, in box scores: Abbr.
  • 3D
    Tylenol or a bullpen arm?
  • 4D
    Made crystal clear
  • 5D
    Padres slugger Fernando Jr.
  • 6D
    Slow, looping pitch that fooled batters in the 1940s
  • 8D
    Where Jack and Jill tumbled
  • 10D
    Pancake mix, or one at the plate?
  • 12D
    Father, informally
  • 15D
    Pitcher's stat, or historical period