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The Clue
Football play (7 letter answer)
The Answer
LATERAL
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Notes
The answer LATERAL is uncommon, appearing about once every 425 puzzles.
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Definition
LATERAL as a noun:
1. (lateral pass, lateral) = a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
LATERAL as an adjective:
1. (lateral, sidelong) = situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
2. lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus"