- ONEONONE
- Mano a mano
- Person-to-person
- Tete-a-tete
- Involving exactly two people, in a way
- Kind of basketball game
- Like many a gunfight
- Basketball game played by two people
- Confrontational meeting
- Like private lessons
- Playground duel
- Like H.O.R.S.E. play, usually
- Like a man-to-man defense
- Like many an oral exam
- Like an Oprah interview
- Like many debates
- Like most tennis matches
- Court confrontation
- Directly
- Game for two
- Private meeting
- Intimate meeting
- Like a private tutoring session
- Interview, often
- Like a typical therapy session
- Private tutoring session
- Direct encounter
- Type of instruction
- Playground game
- Private
- Like an oral exam, often
- Like many interviews
- Without an intermediary
- Close encounter
- Confrontational
- Tte--tte
- How H.O.R.S.E. is usually played
- Two-player basketball game
- Head-to-head
- Two-player hoops game
- Man-to-man, in basketball
- Basketball strategy
- Court defense
- Basketball defense
- Blacktop basketball contest
- Basketball game
- Directly adversarial
- Kind of competition
- Confrontation
- Court game
- Personal
- Direct communication
- In direct competition
- Some court practice
- Hoops game
- Like most tutoring
- Configuration of six places in this puzzle's answer
- Intimate chat
- Personal interview
- Tête-à-tête
- Exclusive meeting
- Kind of defense
- Many a pickup game
- Common court battle
- Like most job interviews
- Like tutoring, typically
- Two-person meeting
- Dealing directly (with)
- Like a tryst, usually
- Basketball game with no passing
- John McLaughlin show
- Like air hockey
- Like most chess matches
- Jordan vs. Bird, e.g.
- Up close and personal
- Court battle, of a sort
- Two-person basketball game
- Direct
- Like tutoring
- Court battle
- Court competition, found literally seven times in this puzzle
