Facing the pitcher
The crossword clue "Facing the pitcher" is answered by ATBAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 120 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ATBAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATBAT answer page.
Used 120 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this pilot link to their own answer page.
- BATTING (2 uses in xd)
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