Answer: SPARES
SPARES is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 45 times.
Referring Clues:
- Gets the 7-10 split
 - They may be in trunks
 - Hits the 5 and 10, say
 - Fifth wheels
 - Alley pickups
 - Bowlers pick them up
 - Shows mercy to
 - Shows mercy
 - Bowling scores
 - Kegler's conversions
 - Extra tires
 - Bowling scores inferior to strikes
 - What slashes indicate on bowling scoresheets
 - Bowlers' pickups
 - Flat substitutes that are round
 - Shows mercy toward
 - Refrains from harming
 - Lets off the hook
 - Shows clemency
 - Doesn't punish
 - Leaves untouched
 - Some tires
 - Not quite strikes
 - Near-strikes
 - Extras
 - Fifth tires
 - Replacements for flat tires
 - Just-in-case items
 - What "/ / /" may represent
 - Some bowling feats
 - Hassles in a bowling alley
 - Bowlers' conversions
 - Parts with
 - They're symbolized by slashes
 - Scoresheet slashes
 - Some bowling coups
 - Reserves
 - Car accessories
 - Extra items
 - Doesn't use
 - Converted splits
 - / / /, in bowling
 - Key arrangements made for house sitters?
 - Necessities for retiring?
 - Goes easy on
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - September 11, 2025
 - LA Times - August 15, 2025
 - New York Times - August 09, 2024
 - New York Times - March 24, 2024
 - LA Times - June 12, 2022
 - New York Times - May 29, 2021
 - New York Times - March 15, 2021
 - Netword - December 28, 2020
 - Universal - May 19, 2020
 - New York Times - February 24, 2019
 - Netword - December 15, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 05, 2018
 - Universal - March 21, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 02, 2018
 - LA Times - January 18, 2018
 - New York Times - December 03, 2017
 - USA Today - May 29, 2017
 - New York Times - September 15, 2016
 - USA Today - January 26, 2016
 - Netword - November 24, 2015
 
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