The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PRESS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Basketball strategy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRESS | 40 % | 5 |
| FASTBREAK | 40 % | 9 |
| DEFENSE | 10 % | 7 |
| ONEONONE | 10 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Basketball strategy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- play
- game plan
- set plays
- dart
- dark
- platform
- strategy
- master plan
- plot
- projet
- devising
- project
Crossword Answer definitions
PRESS noun- A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- A printing machine.
- (collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- A publisher.
- An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- A crowd.
- To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- To compress, squeeze.
- To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
- To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- To hasten, urge onward.
- To urge, beseech, entreat.
- To lay stress upon.
- To throng, crowd.
- To print.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PRESS
- Fourth estate
- Iron-pumper's rep
- "Meet the ____"
- Get the crease out
- Iron
- A medium
- Get pushy
- Basketball stratagem
- Bench exercise
- Apply force to
More clues leading to the result FASTBREAK
- Offensive basketball ploy
- Offensive rush in basketball
- Basketballers' offensive drive
- Speedy try to score a basket
- Basketball strategy
- Basketball tactic ... and a hint to four puzzle rows
- Basketball tactic
- This may lead to a Ewing score
- Basketball offense
- Violation of Yom Kippur?
More clues leading to the result DEFENSE
- Crowd's chant during a basketball game
- Football eleven
- D, in many sports
- Department where Hagel is honcho
- Part of DOD
- Countermeasure
- Cabinet department since 1947
- Court chant
- Stadium chant, and word that can follow the ends of the answers to starred clues
- Moat purpose