| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| LASTUP | Like the final player in a contest |
| finalist | person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition |
| CLOSEST | Like the winner in a guessing contest |
| CLOSEST | Like the winner in a number-guessing contest, perhaps |
| scoreboard | large, usually rectangular board in a ballpark, sports arena, or the like, that shows the score of a contest and often other relevant facts and figures, as the count of balls and strikes on a baseball batter |
| CLUTCH | Like a winning play in the final seconds of overtime |
