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Crossword-Clue: Soccer player tasked with slowing the opponent's attack 1 answer with 8 letters 💡

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DEFENDER
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Unscramble SOCCER6-letter words that start with S6-letter words that end in R6-letter words containing OC6-letter words containing ER6-letter words with S and O
On the back of an animal
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
DROLSA
Hint 3 another clue
BACK ___!
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For the crossword clue “Soccer player tasked with slowing the opponent's attack”, our database currently lists only one answer that matches both the meaning of the clue and the required 8-letter length. This clue appears in: WSJ (The Wall Street Journal). Used 1 time in crossword archives (2025). That answer is DEFENDER, a word frequently used in crossword puzzles when this legal context appears.

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