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How to Play Letterman: A Daily College Sports Crossword

A starting guide to Letterman, Ball Up Top’s daily college football and basketball crossword puzzle.

College sports have their own language: rivalries, mascots, coaches, bowl games, arenas, traditions, and players remembered forever on campus. Letterman brings that world into a daily crossword.

The puzzle uses Across and Down clues focused primarily on college football and college basketball. Every correct entry helps unlock letters for the answers that cross it, turning isolated facts into one connected grid.

Letterman is a casual Ball Up Top game, so it tracks completion and profile statistics without changing your Ball IQ. The challenge is the solve itself.

Questions this article will answer

  • How do the crossword grid and clues work?
  • What kinds of college sports answers appear?
  • How should you use crossing letters?
  • What is the difference between Letterman and Letterman XL?