Solution: Dis Legomena
Answer: CHUCK

Written by Amos Eshel

Sentences in each section can be paired up by replacing X & Y with two words.
Use the number from the lower half as an index into the X or Y specified by the upper half, and read these letters in order by the upper half to get the clue phrase: X HAD TO X THE ROTTEN GROUND X.
Do it again but using the same word for all 3 instances of X to get the answer CHUCK.

  1. X: I got ringside seats to the BOXing MATCH
  2. Y: The SECOND HAND on this clock is fast
  3. Y: JACK BLACK is a great comedian, both acting and singing
  4. X: After DRIVING downtown I had to find a place to PARK
  5. Y: The MOON and STARs brighten up the night sky
  6. X: It was nice and COOL under the PALM tree in South Beach
  7. X: The COMPLEX included so many buildings it had its own WELL for getting water
  8. Y: Keep this secret CLOSE to your CHEST
  9. X: Our government is based on a system of CHECKs and BALANCEs
  10. X: The eagle ROSE on an updraft and then really started to FLY
  11. X: A chess board is composed of eight RANKs and eight FILEs
  12. X: I POINTed out the chocolate BAR I wanted
  13. X: BATman only attends fancy BALLs as his alter ego
  14. X: Thanks to a Windsor knot on my TIE, I really NAILed the look
  15. Y: I SAW the blind kid SEE for the first time when he got out of surgery
  16. Y: We bailed as fast as we could to keep our SHIP from SINKing
  17. Y: My favorite seasons are FALL and SPRING
  18. Y: My mom WIREd me some money for my TRIP
  19. X: My favorite music is ROCK and ROLL
  20. Y: I was WATCHing for every MINUTE detail
  21. Y: That robber SHOT up the BANK!
  22. Y: Usain Bolt was very good at setting TRACK RECORDS
  23. Y: I'm trying to TRAIN my kids to EXPRESS their emotions

2: As children we played on the SEESAW during recess
5: Can you CLOSE the lid on the CHEST please
3: Cricket is easy, just use the BAT to hit the BALL
2: Don't forget to BALANCE your CHECKbook
6: Every time I FALL, I just SPRING right back up again
2: He's been MOONing over the STAR of that new movie all week
3: I asked the hardware store to SHIP a new SINK to my house
1: I bought this SECOND HAND at the thrift shop
2: I didn't mean to TRIP on that WIRE, I meant to step over it
3: I used the side of the BOX to light the MATCH
3: I love playing BLACKJACK at the casino
4: I stared at my WATCH as the MINUTEs dragged on
2: I take the EXPRESS TRAIN to work since the local one takes forever
1: I went to the PARK where they have a DRIVING range
6: Music RECORDS are composed of TRACKs
1: My commander read the FILE on why I should be promoted to a new RANK
7: One has to be very WELL organized to study a COMPLEX subject
2: That first ROCK started ROLLing and started the avalanche
3: That pool player made a BANK SHOT
2: The COOL kids always slap PALMs when they see each other
4: The pretty ROSE in the garden had a FLY buzzing nearby for some reason
1: Watching the TIEd soccer game was a real NAIL-biter
2: We earned a lot of POINTs playing trivia at the BAR