The Clue
Certain football passes (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SPIRALS
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Notes
The answer SPIRALS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
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Definition
SPIRAL as a noun:
1. a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
2. (helix, spiral) = a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
3. (spiral, volute) = ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
4. (coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix) = a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
5. flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
SPIRAL as a verb:
1. (gyrate, spiral, coil) = to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
2. form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
3. (corkscrew, spiral) = move in a spiral or zigzag course