Clues for the word "OTS"
We've had 280 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 400 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on November 25, 2025.
Referring Clues
- Nail-biters: Abbr.
- R.O.T.C. relative
- N.B.A. nail-biters
- Fifth quarters, so to speak: Abbr.
- Extra-play periods, for short
- Extra-play periods: Abbr.
- Exciting times in the N.I.T.
- Some sports score notations
- Nail-biting events: Abbr.
- Tiebreakers, briefly
- Game finales: Abbr.
- Tie deciders: Abbr.
- Tie-breaking periods: Abbr.
- Decisive periods, for short
- Sports score notations
- Ends of some games, for short
- Fourth periods in the N.H.L.
- Nail-biting sports events, briefly
- Exciting periods in the N.B.A.
- Exciting periods, for short
- N.F.L. nail-biters
- Results of ties: Abbr.
- Extra periods: Abbr.
- Sports fans' bonuses, briefly
- Extra play periods, for short
- Fifth qtrs.
- Some score notations, for short
- Bowl bonuses, briefly
- Five-min. periods, maybe
- Extra N.F.L. periods: Abbr.
- N.B.A. tiebreakers
- N.F.L. tiebreakers
- Fifth qtrs., so to speak
- Tie followers, briefly
- Extra qtrs.
- Reasons some games run long: Abbr.
- What buzzer beaters may lead to, briefly
- They occur when things are all tied up, briefly
- NFL tiebreaker periods
- Tiebreakers, for short
- Extra periods (abbr.)
- Extra NHL periods
- Extra NFL periods
- Followers of ties (abbr.)
- Sunday TV schedule shifters, often
- 4th-qtr. followers, sometimes
- 4th-qtr. followers
- Extra periods in sports (abbr.)
- Causes of excitement in the NFL
- Extra NBA periods
- Bonus NFL periods
- Bonus NHL periods
- Extra periods, briefly
- Fifth quarters, in the NFL
- Extra game pds.
- NFL extra periods
- Extra pds.
- NFL game extensions
- Ends of some games (abbr.)
- NFL tiebreakers
- Some tiebreakers, briefly
- Extra play periods (abbr.)
- NFL nail-biters
- Tie settlers, for short
- They may end with 27-Down
- They may follow last periods, for short
- Notations on some game scores
- When ties are broken in some NHL games
- Ends of some close NBA games
- Ends of some close NFL games
- Periods of sudden death: Abbr.
- They often end with FGs
- NHL tiebreakers
- They last five minutes in the NBA
- NFL fifth quarters
- NBA tiebreakers
- Some NFL endings
- See 27-Acr.
- Dramatic NBA endings
- Some ESPN highlights
- NBA regulation followers?
- Very close NFL games sometimes require them
- Ties require them, briefly
- Some NBA endings
- 10th-inning counterparts, briefly
- Tie-game settlers, briefly
- Subjects of a 1974 NFL rules change
- NBA periods
- Tie breakers: Abbr.
- 5 Down extras
- Extended-play periods, for short
- Tiebreaker periods: Abbr.
- Tiebreaking periods, briefly
- Times for heroes
- Sudden-death periods (Abbr.)
- Extra qtrs., e.g.
- NBA nail-biters
- Fourth qtr. followers
- Extra periods in sports, briefly
- Fifth quarters, briefly
- NHL 4th periods, e.g.
- Tie consequences, briefly
- NBA extra periods
- Tie-breaking play periods: Abbr.
- FGs often end them
- NFL's extra quarters
- Tense periods in the NHL
- Periods of extra mins.
- Decisive periods, briefly
- 26 Down's 5th qtrs.
- Some game enders, for short
- NFL's extra periods
- Extra mins. in games
- Tense periods, for short
- 5th qtrs.
- Climaxes of some NHL games
- Exciting endings, often: Abbr.
- They may follow the 4th qtr.
- NFL tiebreaking periods
- Game extenders: Abbr.
- Sudden deaths, briefly
- Extra periods, in the NFL
- NBA extras
- NCAA tournament nail-biters
- Exciting NBA periods: Abbr.
- NFL fifth periods
- Nail-biting NFL periods
- Nail-biting NBA periods
- Periods prec. soccer shootouts
- Important source of commissions: Abbr.
- Some March Madness finishes
- Extra periods in NHL games
- Where lts. are prepared
- Exciting periods in the NHL
- They may decide some close games, briefly
- USAF commissioning program
- There are two of them in each starred ans.
- NHL tiebreaker periods
- NHL nail-biters
- TDs may end them
- Tenth-inning counterparts, briefly
- Decisive NFL periods
- Extra periods of play, in brief
- NFL tiebreakers hidden in this puzzle's nine longest answers
- Five-minute 88-Down periods
- Bonus periods, briefly
- Exciting ends to NHL games
- 5-min. NHL periods
- They may resolve 59-Acrosses, briefly
- Tie-breaking periods (Abbr.)
- Extra-play qtrs.
- Regulation followers, briefly
- Exciting parts of games, for short
- NHL extensions
- Tie settlers: Abbr.
- 'Fifth qtrs.'
- Extra N.B.A. periods
- Causes of "60 Minutes" delays, briefly
- Working as assigned
- Drawing preventers, briefly
- Bowl expanders, for short
- USAF commissioning prog.
- So-called "fifth qtrs."
- NBA nail-biters (Abbr.)
- When golden goals happen in the N.H.L.
- They may end with golden goals, for short
- Brief game deciders?
- They draw out some NCAA contests
- Decisive parts of some NFL games
- Drinkers' delusions (abbr.)
- Certain game extensions, briefly
- Fifth quarters in the NFL
- Bonus sports periods, for short
- Regulation followers
- Extra innings or fifth quarters, briefly
- Rare occurrences at Super Bowls, briefly
- Tense times in the NFL
- Tie-ending qtrs.
- Extra periods at TD Garden
- Periods that may decide 5-Acrosses, briefly
- 10 min. NFL quarters
- Basketball tie-breakers: Abbr.
- Some NHL endings
- Post-fourth quarter periods, for short
- Tiebreaker rounds: abbr.
- Tiebreaker rds.
- Some game enders, briefly
- Tense finishes in the NFL
- Tiebreaking periods: abbr.
- Extra periods, in brief
- Some sudden-death situations, for short
- Five-min. NBA periods
- Game extenders, briefly
- Soccer shootout preceders, briefly
- Tie-breaking sessions, for short
- They may follow buzzers, for short
- Extra periods of sporting events: Abbr.
- NHL extra periods
- Regulation followers, in brief
- NFL game extenders
- Some NBA periods
- Some buzzer followers, for short
- Post-fourth-qtr. periods
- Ties may be broken in them, briefly
- Some extra periods
- NBA game extenders
- Tense NFL periods
- USAF training program
- Extra qtrs. on the field
- They undo deadlocks: Abbr.
- Some tiebreakers, for short
- Some games end in them, for short
- Tiebreaker periods, for short
- Parts of 53-min. NBA games
- 10-minute NFL periods, if they last that long
- What regular-season soccer games lack, for short
- Periods that may end with FGs
- NBA extensions
- Football tiebreakers, for short
- Tie-breaking NHL periods
- Post-regulation periods, for short
- Nail-biters during March Madness
- Tense NBA periods
- Game extensions: Abbr.
- "Fifth quarters," in sports: Abbr.
- USAF program
- NFL periods forced by ties
- Five-minute NBA periods
- Periods after the fourth qtr.
- Sudden death periods, for short
- Sports tiebreakers, for short
- Extra periods, for short
- Decisive NBA periods
- Tiebreaker periods, briefly
- Exciting finishes in the NFL
- Tiebreaking periods, for short
- Ends of some exciting games, for short
- Nerve-racking parts of games, in brief
- "Fourth periods" in hockey, for short
- Extra periods in sports, for short
- Extra NHL periods, for short
- Extra periods in basketball, for short
- Extra hockey periods, for short
- Periods that aren't usually added, for short?
- Regulation followers, for short
- Decisive periods, in brief
- Extra N.B.A. periods, for short
- "Golden goal" periods, for short
- Bonus WNBA periods
- 2021's Illinois vs. Penn State football game featured nine of these, an N.C.A.A. record
- Extra play opportunities, in brief
- NHL extra periods, for short
- Tense WNBA periods, for short
- Play periods after the buzzer, informally
- WNBA tiebreakers
- Extra periods in sports, in brief
- Bonus sports periods
- Extra 69-Across periods, briefly
- Some nail-biters, for short
- Extra sports periods, briefly
- Extra WNBA periods (Abbr.)
- Tie-breaking periods, for short
- NBA tiebreakers, for short
- Tense sports periods, for short
- Some tense periods, briefly
- Extra WNBA periods
- Sudden-death NHL periods
- Draw conclusions, in brief?
- Features of two Super Bowls, for short
- Post-regulation periods (Abbr.)
- They start with coin tosses, in brief
- Fifth quarters, in a way
- Tiebreaking periods
- Tense parts of games, for short
- What ties lead to, for short
- Periods before soccer shootouts, briefly
- Tense parts of sports matches, for short
- Certain rehab docs
- Tiebreaker periods, in brief
- Tense NBA periods, for short
Last Seen In
- New York Times - November 25, 2025
- LA Times - October 08, 2025
- LA Times - September 08, 2025
- LA Times - September 02, 2025
- New York Times - September 02, 2025
- New York Times - June 26, 2025
- New York Times - June 04, 2025
- LA Times - June 01, 2025
- New York Times - May 27, 2025
- New York Times - April 12, 2025
- New York Times - April 06, 2025
- USA Today - March 03, 2025
- USA Today - February 26, 2025
- LA Times - January 29, 2025
- New York Times - December 28, 2024
- USA Today - November 20, 2024
- USA Today - November 12, 2024
- New York Times - November 10, 2024
- USA Today - October 07, 2024
- New York Times - October 06, 2024
- LA Times - September 28, 2024
- USA Today - September 13, 2024
- USA Today - July 15, 2024
- LA Times - May 19, 2024
- LA Times - May 03, 2024
- New York Times - April 24, 2024
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