9 by start of ball game — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 6–letter crossword clue “9 by start of ball game”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Cryptic on 4th Jan 2005. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “9 by start of ball game” is BLOTTO (6 letters).
We last saw “9 by start of ball game” in Guardian Cryptic on 4th Jan 2005.
The 6-letter answer for “9 by start of ball game” is BLOTTO.
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