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Festive Affair Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BALL which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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341%7 A festive affair

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "BALL" which means:

    noun
  • • Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
  • • United states comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
  • • A solid projectile that is shot by a musket
  • • An object with a spherical shape
  • • One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
  • • A spherical object used as a plaything
  • • A compact mass
  • • A lavish dance requiring formal attire
  • • A more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
  • • A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
  • • A pitch that is not in the strike zone
  • verb
  • • Form into a ball by winding or rolling
  • • To live very well
  • interjection
  • • An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. this is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "I kicked the ball across the field."
  • • "She threw the ball to me."

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Clue Last Found In...

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New York Times22 Feb 1978 Across 46
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