About this pack
The sports pack covers the games with the widest reach: football, basketball, tennis, baseball, swimming. Hints describe where the sport is played or how it is scored — on a pitch, over a net, on a rectangular court — so each clue carries a little of the rules alongside the pointer to the answer. Several answers are long compound words, which gives you plenty of letters to work with.
Solving tips
• The long compounds — BASKETBALL, SWIMMING — carry doubled letters. Find the repeat and the word opens up.
• The hint names the playing surface. Court, pitch, pool and net each point somewhere different.
• BALL ends several answers in this pack. Testing the final four emoji against it is often a shortcut.
Common questions
Are the answers shown?
Yes, in a collapsed panel under each puzzle.
Are the sports international?
Yes. The pack sticks to games played worldwide rather than to any one country's favourites.