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NY Times Crossword
August 13, 2018
Lynn Lempel

Can you think of a familiar phrase that answers both parts of each clue below?

1. Leave a lasting legacy or do worse in a school subject
2. Succeed on the gridiron or behave rudely toward women
3. Score in baseball or ruin a pair of nylon stockings
4. Be lucky in Scrabble or come up short memory-wise

Answers:

1. Go down in history
2. Make passes
3. Get a run
4. Draw a blank