Answer:

INPLAY

Answer	Crossword Clue
INPLAY	Like a fair ball
INPLAY	Not out-of-bounds
INPLAY	Under consideration

INPLAY	Live, as a football
INPLAY	Not out-of-bounds, as a ball
INPLAY	Needing to be fielded, as a baseball
INPLAY	Like a live ball, sportswise
INPLAY	Like a live ball
INPLAY	Like a football, at times
INPLAY	Live, as a ball
INPLAY	Live, as a fair ball

INPLAY	Not out of bounds
INPLAY	Up for grabs
INPLAY	Up for grabs, politically
INPLAY	Not dead, as a ball in sports.
INPLAY	Fair, as in baseball.
INPLAY	Term in basketball.
INPLAY	Alive, as the ball, in sports.
INPLAY	Said of a football.

INPLAY	Live, as a game ball
INPLAY	Like a fair ball as opposed to a foul ball
INPLAY	Up for grabs, as convention delegates
INPLAY	Not dead, as a football
INPLAY	Unlike a dead ball
INPLAY	Alive, to players