Subs |
Scrubs |
Backup crew |
Bench squad |
Substitutes |
Nonstarters? |
Backup group |
Benchwarmers |
Reserve squad |
Scrubs, often |
Second string |
Bench warmers |
Practice squad |
Star relievers? |
Nonstarting crew |
Second stringers |
Non-varsity squad |
Non-starting squad |
Substitutes' squad |
Substitute players |
Blowout substitute? |
They provide backup |
Second-string squad |
Garbage time players |
Squad of substitutes |
Second-string players |
Players riding the pine |
Not quite first-stringers |
They're not the starting squad: 2 wds. |
Subs ... or a feature of the answers to the 17 asterisked clues? |