Referee Initially Upsets Football Team Crossword Clue

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	noun • an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest • a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier • a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
	34%	8		Officials who assist the referee in football games
	noun • official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside) • a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
	33%	12		Assistant referee in football
	noun • a football official in charge of recording yardage gained or lost

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