This sporting organisation won an international contest in 1851, and defended the trophy successfully against challenges from other nations until a defeat in 1983 Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue This sporting organisation won an international contest in 1851, and defended the trophy successfully against challenges from other nations until a defeat in 1983 featured in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle on May 17, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 16 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NEWYORKYACHTCLUB.

Crossword Answer For This sporting organisation won an international contest in 1851, and defended the trophy successfully against challenges from other nations until a defeat in 1983:

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Rank	Answer	Length	Source	Date
98%	NEWYORKYACHTCLUB This sporting organisation won an international contest in 1851, and defended the trophy successfully against challenges from other nations until a defeat in 1983	(16)	The Times Specialist Sunday	May 17, 2026
4%	LOSERS Defeated contestants (6)	(6)	Mirror Quick	May 16, 2026
4%	CUPS Some sports trophies	(4)	Wall Street Journal	May 16, 2026
4%	LOSS Sports defeat	(4)	Commuter	Apr 22, 2026
4%	PURSE Sporting contest prize	(5)	The Telegraph Cross Atlantic	Apr 20, 2026
4%	UNJUST International organisation simply not fair	(6)	The Times Quick Cryptic	Apr 20, 2026
4%	RUNABOUT Organise a contest for small car	(8)	The Telegraph Cryptic	Apr 13, 2026
4%	LOSER Defeated contestant (5)	(5)	Mirror Quick	Apr 7, 2026
4%	ASHES Remains of a sporting trophy (5)	(5)	Puzzler Cryptic	Apr 7, 2026
4%	MISMATCH Unequal sporting contest	(8)	The Telegraph Quick	Mar 20, 2026

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