bteam They provide backup Substitutes' squad Star relievers? Secondary squad Scrubs, often Reserve squad Practice squad Players riding the pine Not quite first-stringers Nonstarting crew Non-varsity squad Non-starting squad Group of second-stringers Blowout substitute? Second stringers Substitute players Second-string players Subs ... or a feature of the answers to the 17 asterisked clues? Benchwarmers Second-string squad Backup group Bench warmers Squad of substitutes Garbage time players Bench squad Backup crew They're not the starting squad: 2 wds