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Sport Thats Practised By Cheating Footballers Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
DIVING which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
DIVING
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "DIVING" which means:
- noun
- • An athletic competition that involves diving into water
- • A headlong plunge into water verb
- • To swim under water.
- • To jump into water head-first.
- • To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
- • To descend sharply or steeply.
- • (especially with in) to undertake with enthusiasm.
- • To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
- • To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
- • To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- • To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. adjective
- • That or who dives or dive.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She has been training for months for the diving competition."
- • "The diving board at the swimming pool is very high."
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| The Guardian Cryptic16 Jan 2013 | Across 10 | |
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