Answer: bteam

AnswerCrossword Clue
BTEAM

Second stringers

BTEAM

Bench warmers

BTEAM

Second-string squad

BTEAM
Subs
BTEAM
Backup crew
BTEAMBlowout substitute?
BTEAMSecond string
BTEAMSecond-stringers
BTEAMBench squad
BTEAMPlayers riding the pine
BTEAMScrubs
BTEAMSubstitute players
BTEAMSubstitutes
BTEAMSquad of substitutes
BTEAMSecond-string players
BTEAMSubs ... or a feature of the answers to the 17 asterisked clues?
BTEAMThey provide backup
BTEAMReserve squad
BTEAMBenchwarmers