NY Times Crossword
October 21, 2019
Joe Deeney (#1-4)

The answers to the clues below have something in common that can be associated with baseball. Can you determine what it is?

1. Is knowledgeable about a subject
2. Major athletic event along the Thames
3. Classic Bob Dylan album with two repeated words
4. Romantic getaway for a married couple
5. Cause of severe knee pain, perhaps
6. Taken two weeks off work, perhaps
7. Argumentative encounter
8. Real estate mantra

HINT:
Bases loaded

Answer:

THREE ON - The letters ON are repeated three times in each of the answer phrases:

1. KNOW ONE'S ONIONS
2. LONDON MARATHON
3. BLONDE ON BLONDE
4. SECOND HONEYMOON 
5. BONE ON BONE
6. GONE ON VACATION 
7. HOSTILE CONFRONTATION
8. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION