Team - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'team' is the definition.
(both can mean a sports team)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for side that I've seen before include "[MAN U], perhaps" , "Airs, conceit" , "Ides (anag.)" , "group of players" , "Competing players" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Guardian, the USA Today, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Mirror, The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Newsday.com, the L.A. Times Daily, The Irish Independent and The Independent.

(Other definitions for thea that I've seen before include "evergreen shrubs?" , "Girl's name, tea genus" , "Female name meaning 'goddess'" , "... Girl" , "Plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Guardian, the USA Today, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Mirror, The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Newsday.com, the L.A. Times Daily, The Irish Independent and The Independent.

'team' is the definition.
(I know that eleven is a type of team)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for eleven that I've seen before include "'Legs' bingo number" , "Number, on a team maybe" , "Number, on a team perhaps" , "sports team?" , "Number on a soccer team" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

'team' is the definition.
(sports team)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for squad that I've seen before include "Crew" , "Quads (anag.)" , "Cooperative unit" , "Small military unit" , "Working-party" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard and The Telegraph.

(Other definitions for usa that I've seen before include "America" , "11 Nation" , "Briefly, a great federation" , "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" , "Initially, a great federation" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, the Evening Standard and the Newsday.

Team (4)