On The Pitch That Hurts A Long Way Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	99%	7		Exact Match!
	noun • (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending
	29%	8		Miscalculated move in a game that hurts the player
	noun • the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired • a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine • a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path • a miscalculation that recoils on its maker verb • come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect • emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire • set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
	29%	8		In a manner that provokes or hurts emotionally
	adverb • extremely and sharply

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The Guardian Cryptic18 Jan 2022	Down 21
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	Clue	Source
1	"___ long, long way . . . " New York Times - 22 Oct 1986	New York Times / 22 Oct 1986
2	"___ long, long way to . . . " New York Times - 08 Jan 1976	New York Times / 08 Jan 1976
3	A long, long way to run; note heard? Telegraph Cross Atlantic - 05 Apr 2023	Telegraph Cross Atlantic / 05 Apr 2023
4	In a manner that provokes or hurts emotionally
5	Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short" New York Times - 03 Apr 2024	New York Times / 03 Apr 2024
6	Miscalculated move in a game that hurts the player
7	Slow-pitch pitch New York Times - 30 Sep 1996	New York Times / 30 Sep 1996

Self-inflicted wound
Self-inflicted problem
Defender's faux pas
Blunder penalising the perpetrator
Football score at the wrong end
Backfiring effort
"Wrong-net" score
Self-inflicted disadvantage
Self-inflicted damage
Disadvantageous move for the party making it

Effort that backfires
Admit objective is a bad mistake
Action that backfires
Action which backfires
Self-inflicted loss
Action taken which results in a disadvantage to the taker
Confess to aim for an unprofitable strike
Possible result of a defensive error in soccer
Personal ambition that's a setback for the team

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