| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SOURNOTES | Poor players hit them |
| QTILES | Players try to hit triples with them |
| CHOKERS | Poor players under pressure |
| ILLTAKETHATASANO | Tic-tac-toe comment on one player's poor penmanship? |
| LOANS | Poor students sometimes get them |
| TURNS | Players take them |
| PIANOS | Benched players use them |
| TELLS | Poker players look for them |
| SHINBONES | Soccer players often guard them |
| BYES | The better players earn them |
| YDS | Players rush for them: Abbr. |
| REQUESTS | Some piano players take them |
| ADAGIOS | Players don't rush through them |
| ROSTERS | Baseball teams expand them to 40 players in September |
