- TACKLE
- Nail the ball carrier
- Play on the gridiron
- Have a go at
- Block's partner
- Wrestle a Bear?
- Back drop?
- Dig into, as a chore
- Set your mind to
- Fishing gear
- Football play ender
- Take on, as a tough job
- Bring down on the gridiron
- Take on, as a challenge
- Bring down a Giant, say
- Angler's gear
- Football maneuver
- Deal with
- Nautical gear
- Bring down on a football field
- Bring down on the football field
- Start to work on
- Confront
- Football takedown
- Equipment.
- Football play.
- Football player.
- Sports gear.
- Gear
- Down a Jet
- Gridiron player
- Paraphernalia
- Take on
- Guard's neighbor
- Blind side protector, usually, in an offensive line
- Try, as a tough task
- NFL lineman
- Luke Bryan's "Box"
- It stops a run
- Deal with, as a problem
- Undertake
- Fishing equipment
- Take down on the rugby field
- Gridiron stalwart
- Guard's teammate
- Be a good linebacker
- Beefy gridder
- 28-Across' neighbor
- Bring down, in a way
- Prevent a Bill from progressing any further, say
- Wrestle a Bear to the ground, say
- End's neighbor
- Angling gear
- Take down