Pitch side
Easy · Original draft · Review pending · Criss-cross style
Pitch side
Eight clues about soccer match terms, restarts and footwear.
Spot kick taken from 12 yards out (7)
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About this soccer crossword
Four Across answers meet four Down answers about soccer players, restarts, ball skills and footwear. This 10×9 criss-cross uses US vocabulary for the shoes and yards for the field measurements. Some letters have only one clue direction, so use both the definitions and the crossings.
10 × 9 grid · 8 clues · Criss-cross style
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Pitch side
Easy · 10 × 9 · ClueFill · Unreviewed original draft
Across
2. Studded shoes worn for traction on the field (6)
5. Player who may use hands inside their own 18-yard area (10)
6. Kick taken from a small arc beside a field flag (6)
7. Try to win the ball from an opponent with a foot (6)
Down
1. Spot kick taken from 12 yards out (7)
3. Match official who enforces the laws and can show cards (7)
4. Touch that redirects the ball with the head (6)
5. Score from a successful soccer shot (4)