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Forgotten Games: Vanished Olympic Traditions is a medium crossword puzzle with 17 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Forgotten Games: Vanished Olympic Traditions
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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- 1. Combat sport part of the original Olympics but altered greatly
- 2. Throwing event with spear-like equipment, classic but evolved
- 3. Four-year period marking Olympic cycles, name from a lost era
- 4. Nonconforming athlete or unofficial participant now excluded
- 6. Once a test of strength between two teams pulling opposite ends
- 7. Race in ancient times featuring horse-drawn vehicles
- 10. An expert of old Olympic medals and honors no longer awarded
- 13. An ancient event with a heavy flying object, spelling variant
- 15. Original open-air venue where early Olympic contests were held
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- 5. Soldier’s race performed in armor, a vanished Olympic trial
- 8. An archaic French fencing position abandoned in modern competition
- 9. An ancient event lost before being revived in modern form
- 11. Cultural gathering accompanying early Games but no longer central
- 12. Formation once linked to athletes' entrance ceremonies, no longer used
- 14. Priestesses symbolizing purity, linked to ancient Olympic rituals
- 16. Temporary peace declared during ancient Games for safe travel
- 17. Ancient footrace and the name of the original Olympic track
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