Answer:

TIE

Answer	Crossword Clue
TIE	Cause of overtime
TIE	One to one, e.g.
TIE	Overtime cause

TIE	Popular Father's Day gift
TIE	Sudden-death causer
TIE	Usual tic-tac-toe outcome
TIE	17-17, e.g.
TIE	Affiliation
TIE	All even
TIE	Ascot, essentially
TIE	Cravat

TIE	Even the score
TIE	No-win score
TIE	No-win situation
TIE	Place for a tack
TIE	Secure
TIE	Standoff
TIE	Tack or pin site
TIE	Trash-bag closer

TIE	Come out even
TIE	Four-in-hand
TIE	Word after lunch or railroad
TIE	Avril Lavigne staple
TIE	Draw
TIE	Make the same points?
TIE	Outcome added to the third column
TIE	Bind

TIE	Dead heat
TIE	Even score
TIE	Overtime creator
TIE	Backgammon impossibility
TIE	Tic-tac-toe yawner
TIE	0-0, say
TIE	Reason for OT
TIE	Reason for sudden death

TIE	Reason to keep playing
TIE	Shootout cause
TIE	White-collar accessory
TIE	Knotted neckwear
TIE	Railroad beam