Baseball player (8)
'baseball player' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for backstop that I've seen before include "baseball player" , "baseball catcher" .)
'baseball player' is the definition.
(pitcher is a kind of baseball player)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for pitcher that I've seen before include "Someone promoting" , "Baseball player; big jug" , "Baseball bowler and large jug" , "US sportsman" , "American sportsman" .)
(Other definitions for catcher that I've seen before include "booked in the rye" , "Famous Salinger novel ''The . . . . . . . In the Rye''" , "J D Salinger wrote 'The . . . . . . . in the Rye'" , "J D Salinger write ''The . . . . . . . in the Rye''" , "fisherman maybe" .)