| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SANFRANCISCOBYE | Playoff boon for the 49ers? |
| TIE | Cause for a playoff |
| TIES | Scores for a playoff |
| EVEN | Headed for a playoff |
| FIRSTROUNDBY | Playoff perks for NFL division winners |
| ALMS | Boon for a beggar |
| GIBILL | Boon for WWII vets |
| REST | Holiday boon for some |
| LEAK | Boon for an investigative journalist |
| WILD | Boon for a poker player |
| DELTAHOUSE | Campus spot for Bluto, Otter and Boon |
| bane | source of harm or ruin curse national frontiers have been more of a bane than a boon for mankind D. C. Thomson |
