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Sporting Nicknames Crossword Puzzle

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If given a sport and a name only, the answer is a nickname of the player. Other clues should be self-explanatory.
Author: spanishliz - Diff: Harder

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      1. Ice Hockey: 'Hurricane' ____ Meeker
      4. Skateboarding: Brandon Margera
      8. Motorsport: Alain Prost (with 'the')
      10. Baseball: Phil '___-Iron' Garner
      11. Unwell
      12. Baseball: 'Satchel' Paige (real name)
      15. Baseball: 'Big Wheel', ___ Parrish
      17. Ice Hockey: Irvine Bailey or Garnet Bailey
      20. Cricket: Home country of Sachin Tendulkar, the 'Master Blaster'
      22. Negative
      23. Place to relax after a workout
      25. Printer's measure
      26. Baseball: Mordecai Brown (2 wds)
      29. Expressing dismay, '___ vey!'
      30. Athletics: F.G. '___ Jo' Joyner
      31. Interjection
      32. Basketball: Earvin Johnson
      33. Boxing: Clay's new name
      34. Motorsport: James Hunt (with 'the')
      35. Boxing: Finbar McGuigan
      37. Baseball: Mark McGwire, 'Big ___'
      38. Baseball: Adrian Joss
      40. Baseball: Real name of 'Bullet ___' or 'Rapid ____' (2 wds)
      43. Equipment for Sir Steve Redgrave
      44. Baseball: Lawrence Berra and namesakes

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      1. Baseball: Pete Rose, 'Charlie ___'
      2. Horse Racing: 'Big Red', Man o' ___
      3. Motorsport: Egbert Wietzes
      4. Exist
      5. Tennis: Arthur ___
      6. Handwritten document (abbr.)
      7. Baseball: Joseph Vaughan
      9. Baseball: Dennis '___ Can' Boyd
      12. Soccer: Surname of Motherwell defender Louis
      13. Ice Hockey: Al Arbour
      14. Ice Hockey: A 13 year old player
      16. Baseball: Charles Stengel
      18. Sports photography: Jakobus Rentmeester
      19. Baseball: Paul Dean (Dizzy's brother)
      21. American Football: Elisha A. Manning III
      24. High school class also known as gym (abbr.)
      25. Soccer: ____ Andoh, from Ghana (real name)
      26. Ice Hockey: Dave Williams
      27. Baseball: Rocco Colavito
      28. Baseball: Triple A organisation with teams in Buffalo and Pawtucket (abbr.)
      31. Baseball: 'Mr Tiger', ___ Kaline
      33. Cricket: Former England captain Mike (derived from surname)
      34. Mel B was ____ Spice
      35. Baseball: George Herman Ruth
      36. Tennis: Rafael Nadal
      37. Athletics: 'Marvelous' ___ Whitfield
      39. Baseball: Bill 'Mad ___' Madlock
      41. Baseball and American Football: Vincent Jackson
      42. Where you might end up after a skiing mishap (abbr.)