Stuck on the Screwballs crossword clue from NYT Crossword published on May 1 2021? We’re here to help you solve it.
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The Verified Answer for Screwballs is:
- NUTCASES
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- KOOKS
Useful hints for “Screwballs” Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼I forgot that this clue is a sports term until I started poking around online, trying to find some interesting origin stories for all the vivid compound word terms for eccentrics — “screwballs,” “crackpots,” “dingbats,” NUTCASES and the like. It is possible that we have the comic “Mutt and Jeff” to thank for the idea that being separated from one’s nut is to be removed from one’s sanity. I always thought squirrels figured in there somehow.