| Sporting contender |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Sep 2025 |
| Track or field competitor |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Serena Williams, e.g. |
USA Today |
02 Aug 2025 |
| Sportsman of the late variety (7) |
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| He aims to beat his rivals, of course (7) |
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| Olympic Games contestant, say |
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| One strong latte he ordered? |
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| Hamish Kerr or Zoe Hobbs, for example (7) |
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| Jazz player, e.g. |
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| See 13 Across |
Mirror Quiz |
14 May 2025 |
| 1995 Grand National winner ridden by Jason Titley (5,7) |
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| Olympian, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
13 May 2025 |
| One who might receive a letter at school |
New York Times |
07 May 2025 |
| The late gymnast perhaps trained in 7 down many years ago |
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| Runner adapting the tale (7) |
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| Sporting contender |
Puzzler Backwords |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Someone fit to revise the tale (7) |
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| To be one you need teeth, Al (7) |
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| Two articles allowed to be included by runner (7) |
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| Sportsperson |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Allan Wells, for example (7) |
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| He aims to beat the opposition, of course (7) |
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| Shortstop or quarterback |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Track or field competitor |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Ethan Katzberg, for one |
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| Field expert, maybe? |
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| Pro ____s may have had biological passports since 2009 |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Track performer? (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Feb 2025 |
| A person trained to compete in sport (7) |
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| Runner allowed to enter running heat (7) |
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| Adult permitted wearing the jumper? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Feb 2025 |
| A sportsman gets the tale wrong |
|
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| He hopes to have a successful run (7) |
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| Someone well used to running things (7) |
|
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| Let heat sort out a sportsman |
|
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| The late runner (7) |
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| Olympic entrant (7) |
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| A trained sports contestant (7) |
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| Bath let Edward show one running (7) |
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| One on the track of the tale, possibly? (7) |
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| Marathon runneror footballer, eg |
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| He may run the late version (7) |
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| Carey Price is the only goalie ever named Canada's ___ of the Year |
|
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| What is a person trained to compete in sports? (7) |
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| Sportsperson gave permission to be featured in two articles (7) |
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| Mo Farah, for example (7) |
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| Possibly the late Jesse Owens? (7) |
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| A competitor allowed to be in a different heat (7) |
|
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| Ballplayer, for one |
|
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| The tale invoked a runner (7) |
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| The late sports meeting competitor (7) |
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| Competitor in the Olympics |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Runner allowed to enter the re-run heat |
|
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| The tale about a runner (7) |
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| One showing agility in twisting the tale (7) |
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| Runner, e.g.; the tale (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Person maybe running late, he's struggling to keep time |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Sports competitor |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Oct 2024 |
| One skilled in physical exercises (7) |
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| Sprinter, high jumper, eg: track and field - |
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| Mo Farah, say (7) |
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| A let admitted by the tennis player possibly (7) |
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| One who is proficient in sports |
Mirror Classic |
14 Sep 2024 |
| A sportsman might hate to be allowed in (7) |
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| Marathoner or basketball player |
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| Perhaps blue permit featured in articles |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Typical Wheaties box portrait |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2024 |
| Track or field competitor |
Puzzler Backwords |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Let the first actor turn out to be a star on track (7) |
|
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| One good at sports |
|
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| Competitor allowed to enter rearranged heat (7) |
|
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| Sport contestant (7) |
|
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| Olympic Games contestant, say |
|
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| Competitor in Paris next month |
|
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| Olympian, e.g. |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Unfortunately the late runner? |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Track %26 field competitor |
|
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| Sportsperson, especially one who competes in track and field events (7) |
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| Forward or back, say |
Wall Street Journal |
30 May 2024 |
| Varsity member |
|
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| Sportsperson embellishing the tale (7) |
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| Two articles about grant for long jumper? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
13 May 2024 |
| Sporty sort |
New York Times |
07 May 2024 |
| Rewriting the tale of a sportsman (7) |
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| The tale about a sportsman |
|
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| Sportsperson late accompanying the model (7) |
|
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| Sprinter, perhaps, allowed to enter rearranged heat |
The Guardian Quiptic |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Competitor in the Olympics |
Mirror Tea Time |
20 Apr 2024 |
| One trained to compete in sports (7) |
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| One might run cycling heat without permit (7) |
|
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| Divert the late runner (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Sports player |
|
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| The late converted into the quick? (7) |
|
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| Runner's two articles allowed to be included (7) |
|
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| Let heat out on the track, perhaps (7) |
|
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| Runner allowed to take part in a different heat |
|
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| Sportsman allowed to enter different heat (7) |
|
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| He should be fit to revise the tale (7) |
|
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| Sports star |
TV |
10 Mar 2024 |
| A hindrance in the pacemaker, perhaps (7) |
|
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| Articles about permit for a sportsperson (7) |
|
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| A grant secured by the hurdler, maybe |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Mar 2024 |
| A grant secured by the hurdler, maybe (7) |
|
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| Sportsperson |
Newsday |
29 Feb 2024 |
| Runner allowed to enter rearranged heat |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Sportsperson |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Sporty sort |
New York Times Mini |
17 Feb 2024 |
| Runner allowed in different heat (7) |
|
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| The tale (anag.) |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Jan 2024 |
| The tale (anag.) (7) |
|
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| Diverted, the late runner, say (7) |
|
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| Gymnast, say, permitted to appear in articles |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Olympian, e.g. |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jan 2024 |
| THE TALE |
|
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| Type of competitor |
|
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| Olympics entrant |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Olympian, e.g. |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Jock ruined the tale |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Dec 2023 |
| One may be on track (7) |
|
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| Runner, perhaps, allowed into heat that's rearranged (7) |
|
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| Jumper is one for man covering large belly in FaceTime |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Sportsperson |
The Times Concise |
09 May 2023 |
| Word in several ESPY Award categories |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Olympian, e.g. |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Mar 2023 |
| Sportsperson |
The Guardian Speedy |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Olympics entrant |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Proficient sportsperson |
The Times Concise |
18 Nov 2022 |
| Olympics participant |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Gymnast or judoka |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Shortstop or sprinter |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Olympics competitor |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Track and field competitor |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Jock |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Dec 2021 |
| That eel (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Dec 2021 |
| A type of service penetrating the tennis player? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 Oct 2021 |
| A grant secured by the gymnast, maybe |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Varsity team member, e.g |
Universal |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Naked man allowed in The Sportsman |
|
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| Possible runner's articles about obstruction at Wimbledon |
|
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| Sportsperson |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Competitor in lather out of bounds having caught obstacle |
|
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| Sportsman's father not taking sides, accepting foul shot |
|
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| Mystic or Wizard, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 May 2021 |
| Sportsperson |
Premier Sunday |
23 May 2021 |
| A permit received by the track and field competitor? |
|
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| Let hate wildly make you a competitor |
|
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| Let hate wildly make you a competitor |
|
|
| Figure skater, for one |
New York Times |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Olympian, for one |
|
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| The tale involved sportsperson |
|
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| Sportsperson |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Rearranged the late one running? |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Track runner, for one |
|
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| Center or back |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Alteration for the late one running? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Runner allowed to enter rearranged heat |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Wheaties box adorner |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2020 |
| Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt, e.g. |
|
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| Jock ruined the tale |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Aug 2020 |
| Olympics contestant |
|
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| Quarterback or catcher |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Sportsman allowed to go in terrible heat |
|
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| Adult allowed to wear the jumper, perhaps |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 May 2020 |
| Active type at hotel permitted opening of escalator |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Dec 2019 |
| Runner let into swimming heat |
|
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| Competitor permitted to enter re-staged heat |
|
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| Sportsperson |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Husband permitted to wear tucked in jumper? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Oct 2019 |
| Competitor permitted to enter re-staged heat |
|
|
| Olympian, e.g |
Universal |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Unfortunately the late Flo-Jo? |
|
|
| The tale about the hare that lost, say |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Any Olympian |
USA Today |
24 May 2019 |
| Figure on a Wheaties box, typically |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Olympics contestant |
Universal |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Any Olympian |
|
|
| Olympian, e.g. |
|
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| Olympics contestant |
|
|
| Figure on a Wheaties box, typically |
|
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| Eel that put off an Olympian? |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Olympics competitor |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2018 |
| Track performer |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Dec 2018 |
| Game player |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2018 |
| Track and field competitor |
Irish Times Simplex |
18 Oct 2018 |
| Unfortunately the late runner? |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Aug 2018 |
| Complaint to hotel — feast is awful |
|
|
| Hoopster or gridder |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2018 |
| Sportsperson |
The Times Concise |
04 May 2018 |
| Eel that mangled competitor |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 May 2018 |
| Olympian at home cleared out to accommodate tenancy |
|
|
| Runner, eg |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jan 2018 |
| One running bath let everyone inside |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Hoopster or gridder |
|
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| Olympics competitor |
|
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| Game player |
|
|
| Crew member, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Dec 2017 |
| Sportsman |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Oct 2017 |
| A permit held by the runner? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Oct 2017 |
| Eg, a runner or gymnast |
The Times Concise |
21 Sep 2017 |
| Any Olympics competitor |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Shoe endorser |
The Washington Post |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Shoe endorser |
LA Times Daily |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Two articles about permit for gymnast, perhaps |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Aug 2017 |
| Wheaties box adorner |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2017 |
| Two articles about permit for sportsman |
|
|
| He runs to check in two articles |
|
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| One participating in sports |
Universal |
11 Jun 2017 |
| Complaint that feels too contrived? |
|
|
| Sportsman attending hospital allowed to get drug |
|
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| Wheaties box adorner |
|
|
| One participating in sports |
|
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| Shoe endorser |
|
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| A lease secured by the sportsperson |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Olympics hopeful |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Nov 2016 |
| Olympics VIP |
Universal |
15 Oct 2016 |
| Olympics participant |
Universal |
27 Aug 2016 |
| Two articles about rent in Wells, perhaps |
|
|
| Game player |
LA Times Daily |
04 Aug 2016 |
| He might run articles without hindrance |
|
|
| Running late, the marathon man perhaps? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jul 2016 |
| Any Olympian |
Universal |
26 May 2016 |
| The late one is very fit, oddly |
Irish Times Simplex |
23 May 2016 |
| Fit figure, usually |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2016 |
| A permit held by the sportsman |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Olympics entrant |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2016 |
| 3-Down, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2016 |
| Jock |
The Washington Post |
19 Feb 2016 |
| Runner maybe once obstructed in heat, stumbling |
|
|
| Any Olympian |
|
|
| Olympics VIP |
|
|
| Fit figure, usually |
|
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| Game player |
|
|
| Track/field sportsperson |
The Times Concise |
24 Dec 2015 |
| Runner's complaint? Trainer will cover it |
|
|
| Olympic hopeful |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2015 |
| He may run from parent when exposed for pinching permit |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Sep 2015 |
| Any Winter Olympian |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2015 |
| A grant secured by the gymnast, perhaps |
|
|
| Sports Illustrated profilee |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2015 |
| A grant secured by the gymnast, perhaps |
|
|
| A permit held by the runner |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Feb 2015 |
| Sports Illustrated profilee |
|
|
| Any Winter Olympian |
|
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| Olympic team member |
|
|
| Olympic hopeful |
|
|
| The strange and curious tale of Oscar Pistorius, for instance |
|
|
| Jumper, say, left among articles, extremely threadbare |
|
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| Letter recipient |
|
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| Jim Thorpe, e.g. |
|
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| Player |
|
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| Wheaties box figure |
|
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| Scholarship recipient, often |
|
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| Jock |
|
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| Jock |
|
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| Olympian, e.g. |
|
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| Letter getter |
|
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| Jock |
|
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| Olympian, e.g. |
|
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| Olympic competitor |
|
|
| American allowed to wear the jumper? |
|
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| Luger, for example |
|
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| Forward, back or center |
|
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| Olympics participant |
|
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| Olympian, e.g. |
|
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| Letter earner |
|
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| Olympics participant |
|
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| Wheaties box honoree |
|
|
| One playing the field, e.g. |
|
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| Angel or Devil |
|
|
| Scholarship recipient, perhaps |
|
|
| One playing the field, e.g. |
|
|
| One often depicted on a Wheaties box |
|
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| A grant secured by the sportsman
|
|
|
| Wheaties box candidate |
|
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| Wheaties box candidate |
|
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| Wheaties box picture |
|
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| Participant at the Olympics |
|
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| Goalie or halfback |
|
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| Wheaties box picture |
|
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| Wheaties box candidate |
|
|
| Wing or back |
|
|
| Olympian, maybe |
|
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| Sports figure |
|
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| Sports figure |
|
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| Wheaties box adorner |
|
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| Jock |
|
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| Letterman, e.g. |
|
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| One in training |
|
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| Sports pro |
|
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| Gridder or cager |
|
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| One earning a 23-Across |
|
|
| Olympian, e.g. |
|
|
| Field worker? |
|
|
| Letterman, for one |
|
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| Wheaties box feature |
|
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| 34 Across or curler |
|
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| Jock |
|
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| Letter getter |
|
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| Jock |
|
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| Jock |
|
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| Sports figure |
|
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| Olympic's entrant |
|
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| Olympics contestant |
|
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| Endorser, sometimes |
|
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| Figure on a box of Wheaties |
|
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| Letter getter |
|
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| Luger, e.g. |
|
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| Olympics contestant |
|
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| Olympian, e.g. |
|
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| 3 Down, e.g. |
|
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| Player |
|
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| Letterman, for one |
|
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| Participant at the Olympics |
|
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| Letterman, for one |
|
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| Wheaties box adorner |
|
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| Team player |
|
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| Tinactin user, presumably |
|
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| Jim Thorpe, for one |
|
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| Jock |
|
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| Funambulist, e.g. |
|
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| Olympics figure |
|
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| Olympics figure |
|
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| Hurler or curler |
|
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| Cager, for one |
|
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| Goalie or guard |
|
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| Center or skier |
|
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| Center, e.g. |
|
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| Olympic hopeful |
|
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| Games player |
|
|
| Olympian, for one |
|
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| Good sport |
|
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| Player |
|
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| Sports participant |
|
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| Letter earner |
|
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| 6 Down performer |
|
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| Spokesperson sometimes |
|
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| Sports contender |
|
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| Center or end |
|
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| Runner |
|
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| Batter up, e.g. |
|
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| Lion or Tiger |
|
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| Olympian |
|
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| Olympian |
|
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| Olympics entrant |
|
|
| Jim Thorpe, e.g. |
|
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| Jim Thorpe was one |
|
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| Gerald Ford, once |
|
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| Olympic competitor |
|
|
| Decathlon entrant |
|
|
| Bruce Jenner, e.g. |
|
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| Bruce Jenner, for one |
|
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| Jenner, for one |
|
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| Olympics participant |
|
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| Zaharias was one |
|
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| Arena figure |
|
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| Jesse Owens, for one |
|
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| Letter winner |
|
|
| Mathias, for instance. |
|
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| Bob Mathias, for instance. |
|
|
| Synonym for Mathias or Richards. |
|
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| Olympic team member. |
|
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| Olympic material. |
|
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| Curler, e.g. |
|
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| Track man. |
|
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| Peter Snell, for example. |
|
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| Sports competitor. |
|
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| Gridiron performer. |
|
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| Olympics contestant. |
|
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| Candidate for the Olympics. |
|
|
| Willie Mays, for one. |
|
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| Bill Russell, for one. |
|
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| Olympic contender. |
|
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| Campus figure. |
|
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| Olympic contestant. |
|
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| Runner. |
|
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| Paavo Nurmi then. |
|
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| A. A. U. member. |
|
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| Member of A.A.U. |
|
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| Member of A. A. U. |
|
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| Herb Elliot, for example. |
|
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| Sports participant. |
|
|