Baseball’s Tony

Latest answer — August 14, 2026

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Clue explained

Tony Oliva is the former Minnesota Twins baseball star and Baseball Hall of Famer. His surname supplies the answer to the possessive clue.

Clue type:
Nickname or title
Tony Oliva in a Minnesota Twins baseball uniform.

Eugene Sheffer Crossword

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The answer to Baseball’s Tony in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is OLIVA — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 14, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 42-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

Baseball’s Tony” answer

OLIVA (5 letters)

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What does OLIVA mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of OLIVA is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • (In form Oliva) a genus of marine gastropod molluscs of the family Olividae, characterized by glossy cylindrical shells; (also oliva; more fully "oliva shell") a member of this genus; an olive shell.
  • The olivary body (more fully "oliva inferior"). Also (in full "oliva superior"): the superior olivary nucleus.

When else has “Baseball’s Tony” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 14, 2026 (most recent) OLIVA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Baseball’s Tony”?

The answer is OLIVA, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 14, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Baseball’s Tony”?

5 letters: OLIVA.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 14, 2026 (a Friday puzzle), at 42-Down.

Can “Baseball’s Tony” have a different answer?

Yes — Eugene Sheffer sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's Eugene Sheffer answers?

The full grid for August 14, 2026 is on the Eugene Sheffer answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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