Loses on purpose, as an N.B.A. team Crossword Clue

• Flops

  New York Times · Friday, October 31, 2025 · 5 letters

• Sleeveless shirts, informally

  New York Times · Wednesday, December 18, 2024 · 5 letters

• Some scuba gear

  New York Times · Wednesday, May 18, 2022 · 5 letters

• Scuba necessities

  New York Times · Tuesday, October 16, 2018 · 5 letters

• Places for fuel

  New York Times · Sunday, May 18, 2014 · 5 letters

• Aquaria

  New York Times · Tuesday, April 15, 2014 · 5 letters

• -

  New York Times · Thursday, March 20, 2014 · 5 letters

• Goes suddenly from success to failure, in slang

  New York Times · Monday, November 18, 2013 · 5 letters

• Oxygen suppliers for scuba divers

  New York Times · Monday, October 21, 2013 · 5 letters

• Fails utterly

  New York Times · Saturday, October 27, 2012 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 15-Across The "Iliad," for one
• 16-Across Sentence that often appears in the first paragraph of an essay
• 17-Down Plops oneself down
• 18-Down ___ A Sketch (classic toy)
• 19-Across Mover's vehicle
• 20-Across Shoe brand named for a Greek goddess
• 22-Across Quick confirmation of feasibility
• 23-Down Zilch
• 24-Down Ceases
• 25-Down Actress Watson
• 26-Across Jokes around
• 27-Across Massachusetts college town