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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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