- OTS
- Extra periods in football or basketball games
- Tiebreakers on the gridiron
- Extra sessions, familiarly
- Exciting finishes in the NFL
- NHL conclusions, at times
- Tiebreakers, briefly
- Bonus rounds, briefly
- Tiebreakers, for short
- When ties are untied?: Abbr.
- NFL extra periods
- Tiebreakers in hockey (abbr.)
- Extra NBA periods
- Extra play pers.
- Fifth and sixth quarters, e.g.
- Shootouts preceders
- They follow coin tosses: Abbr.
- They precede sudden death: Abbr.
- Game extenders: Abbr.
- They occasionally end in ties: Abbr.
- Additional playing periods: Abbr.
- Sudden death periods: Abbr.
- They sometimes end in sudden death: Abbr.
- Extra periods, for short
- Extra game mins.
- Post-reg. periods
- NFL tiebreakers
- Bonus NHL periods
- Tie-breaker periods: abbr.
- Bonus NFL periods
- Ext. periods
- They follow four qtrs.
- Sudden-death periods, for short
- Some sudden-death situations, for short
- Five-min. NBA periods
- Extra periods, in brief
- Decisive periods, for short
- Game extenders, briefly
- Soccer shootout preceders, briefly
- Tie-breaking sessions, for short
- When golden goals are scored in the NHL
- They went to 3-on-3 in the NHL in 2015
- The record for these in an N.C.A.A. Division I football game is 7
- Dramatic conclusions, for short
- A regular-season NHL game can't have two or more, by rule
- Roughly 6% of NBA games have them, for short
- MSG bonuses
- Finishes of some games (abbr.)
- Extra periods in sports (abbr.)
- ROTC relative
- Fifth qtrs., so to speak
- Extra NFL periods
- Extra NHL periods
- Extra periods (abbr.)
- Followers of ties (abbr.)
- NFL tiebreaker periods
- 4th-qtr. followers, sometimes
- Sunday TV schedule shifters, often
- 4th-qtr. followers
- Causes of excitement in the NFL
- Extra game pds.
- Extra pds.
- Extra periods, briefly
- Fifth quarters, in the NFL
- Ends of some games (abbr.)
- NFL game extensions
- Some tiebreakers, briefly
- Extra play periods (abbr.)
- NFL nail-biters
- Tense periods in the NHL
- Extra periods, in the NFL
- NFL tiebreaking periods
- Sudden deaths, briefly
- Exciting periods in the NHL
- Extra-play periods, for short
- Decisive NFL periods
- Bonus periods, briefly
- Exciting ends to NHL games
- Fifth qtrs.
- Tie settlers, for short
- Periods after the second 1-Across, for short
- Sudden death pds.
- The NBA record is six in one game
- Free basketball: Abbr.
- Game extensions: Abbr.
- Tiebreaking periods, briefly
- NBA tiebreakers
- NHL 4th periods, e.g.
- Some final periods: Abbr.
- Extra sessions: Abbr.
- NHL tiebreakers
- Tie-game resolvers: Abbr.
- Fifth qtr. and such
- Subjects of a 1974 NFL rules change
- Tie-game settlers, briefly
- 10th-inning counterparts, briefly
- Some NBA endings
- Ties require them, briefly
- Very close NFL games sometimes require them
- Dramatic NBA endings
- NBA regulation followers?
- See 27-Acr.
- Some ESPN highlights
- Some NFL endings
- NFL fifth quarters
- They last five minutes in the NBA
- They may end with 27-Down
- FGs often end them
- NFL fifth periods
- Periods prec. soccer shootouts
- TDs may end them
- There are two of them in each starred ans.
- They may decide some close games, briefly
- Five-minute 88-Down periods
- NFL tiebreakers hidden in this puzzle's nine longest answers
- 5-min. NHL periods
- Extra-play qtrs.
- They may resolve 59-Acrosses, briefly
- Causes of "60 Minutes" delays, briefly
- Tie settlers: Abbr.
- USAF commissioning prog.
- Brief game deciders?
- Decisive parts of some NFL games
- Certain game extensions, briefly
- Periods that may decide 5-Acrosses, briefly
- Some NHL endings
- Tie-ending qtrs.
- Some NBA periods
- Tense NFL periods
- Ties may be broken in them, briefly
- 10-minute NFL periods, if they last that long
- NFL periods forced by ties
- Some games end in them, for short
- Tense NBA periods
- Tie-breaking NHL periods
- Extra qtrs.
- Tie-breakers: Abbr.
- Bonus WNBA periods
- Nail-biting NFL periods
- Bonus sports periods
- Extra 69-Across periods, briefly
- Extra sports periods, briefly
- Tiebreaker periods, briefly
- Bonus sports periods, for short
- Decisive periods, briefly
- NBA tiebreakers, for short
- Some tense periods, briefly
- Sudden-death NHL periods
- Tense WNBA periods, for short
- Tense sports periods, for short
- 5th qtrs.
- Where a lt.-to-be trains
- Where grads are lts.
- Fifth quarters in football: Abbr.
- Results of ties: Abbr.
- They prolong the game: Abbr.
- Academy for future lts.
- NBA periods
- 5 Down extras
- Extended-play periods, for short
- Tie-breaking periods: Abbr.
- 26 Down's 5th qtrs.
- NFL's extra quarters
- NFL's extra periods
- Important source of commissions: Abbr.
- NHL tiebreaker periods
- Some March Madness finishes
- USAF commissioning program
- Where lts. are prepared
- Bowl expanders, for short
- Drawing preventers, briefly
- NBA extenders
- NHL extensions
- They draw out some NCAA contests
- Basketball tie-breakers: Abbr.
- NHL postscripts
- NBA game extenders
- NHL extra periods
- They undo deadlocks: Abbr.
- USAF training program
- NBA extensions
- NBA extra periods
- Ends to some NFL games
- NFL 5th qtrs.
- NFL extras
- NFL game extenders
- Colo Spgs training program
- Football tiebreaker periods: Abbr.
- Sports tiebreaker periods: Abbr.
- Extended play, for short
- Some NFL finishes
- Extra periods in NHL games
- 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
- Five-minute NHL periods
- Officers' prep school, for short.
- School for 4 Down: Abbr.
- Military group.
- Military school: Abbr.
- Army school: Abbr.
- Naval school: Abbr.
- Military study unit: Abbr.
- Military study place: Abbr.
- Army training place: Abbr.
- Mil. academy
- Military inst.
- Military training inst.
- Mil. educational institution
- Mil. school
- Where lts. are created
- Officers' sch.
- Military sch.
- Where Its. are educated
- N.C.A.A. tournament nail-biters
- Sports page abbrs.
- Extra playing periods, for short
- Game finales, for short
- Sports finales, for short
- Nail-biters: Abbr.
- Fifth quarters, so to speak: Abbr.
- N.B.A. nail-biters
- Exciting times in the N.I.T.
- Game finales: Abbr.
- Nail-biting events: Abbr.
- Some sports score notations
- Tie deciders: Abbr.
- 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.
- Fourth periods in hockey, for short
- Ends of some exciting games, for short
- Nerve-racking parts of games, in brief
- Exciting periods, for short
- Periods that aren't usually added, for short?
- Some score notations, for short
- Sports fans' bonuses, briefly
- Bowl bonuses, briefly
- Five-min. periods, maybe
- Tie followers, briefly
- Reasons some games run long: Abbr.
- They occur when things are all tied up, briefly
- What buzzer beaters may lead to, briefly
- Notations on some game scores
- Periods of extra mins.
- Some game enders, for short
- They may follow last periods, for short
- Tie-breaking play periods: Abbr.
- Extra periods of play, in brief
- Exciting parts of games, for short
- Regulation followers, briefly
- So-called "fifth qtrs."
- They may end with golden goals, for short
- When golden goals happen in the N.H.L.
- Extra periods at TD Garden
- Rare occurrences at Super Bowls, briefly
- Regulation followers, in brief
- Settlers of tied games, for short
- Some buzzer followers, for short
- Tense periods, for short
- They may follow buzzers, for short
- Fifth quarters, in sports: Abbr.
- Nail-biters during March Madness
- Periods after the fourth qtr.
- Post-regulation periods, for short
- Some tiebreakers, for short
- Tiebreaker periods, for short
- What regular-season soccer games lack, for short
- Sports tiebreakers, for short
- Decisive periods, in brief
- Extra N.B.A. periods, for short
- Regulation followers, for short
- Tiebreakers in hoops
- 2021's Illinois vs. Penn State football game featured nine of these, an N.C.A.A. record
- Extra periods in sports, in brief
- Extra play opportunities, in brief
- Play periods after the buzzer, informally
- Some nail-biters, for short
- They're even at the start, in brief
- What ties can get you into, for short
- Tie-breaking periods, for short
- Nail-biting NBA periods
- Bonus periods, for short
- Fifth quarters, in a way: Abbr.
- Tie breakers in some sports, briefly
- Periods used to break ties, for short
- Ends of some close games: Abbr.
- There were six in a 1951 N.B.A. game between Indianapolis and Rochester
- Extra NHL periods, for short
- Extra periods in basketball, for short
- Extra periods in sports, for short
- Regulation followers
- Extra qtrs., e.g.
- Fourth qtr. followers
- Times for heroes
- 10 min. NFL quarters
- Extra innings or fifth quarters, briefly
- Tense times in the NFL
- Extra qtrs. on the field
- Some extra periods
- Five-minute NBA periods
- Football tiebreakers, for short
- Game day tiebreakers: Abbr.
- Certain special ed pros whose first letter stands for "occupational"
- NFL periods after fourth quarters
- They break ties, in short
- School for Lts.
- Sch. for noncoms
- Course for aspiring Lts.
- Tie consequences, briefly
- Extra periods in sports, briefly
- Fifth quarters, briefly
- Tenth-inning counterparts, briefly
- Periods that may end with FGs
- Decisive NBA periods
- Golden goal periods, for short
- Extra hockey periods, for short
- NHL extra periods, for short
- Extra WNBA periods
- Extra WNBA periods (Abbr.)
- Post-regulation periods (Abbr.)
- Looies' birthplace
- Extra play mins.
- Where lts. are made
- Sports nail-biters: abbr.
- Added qtrs.
- Climaxes of some NHL games
- Exciting endings, often: Abbr.
- Tiebreaker pds.
- NHL nail-biters
- Extra mins. in games
- NBA extras
- Some game enders, briefly
- Tense finishes in the NFL
- Post-fourth-qtr. periods
- Extra mins. on the court
- Parts of 53-min. NBA games
- Extra NBA or NFL periods
- Tie-resolving periods, for short
- Tiebreakers, in brief
- Tiebreaking periods in sports: Abbr.
- Game extenders in the NBA
- They may follow the fourth qtr.
- WNBA tiebreakers
