| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SOFTPEDAL | Play down, as an issue |
| SOFTPEDALS | Plays down, as an issue |
| UNDERACT | Play down, as a role |
| FOLDED | Closed down, as a play. |
| dandling | to move (as a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knee in affectionate play |
| touchback | a play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team |
| touchbacks | TOUCHBACK, a play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team |
