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Obscure Contests of Olympic Lore
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Across
- 1. Unlikely Olympic dream of a spinning ball and rivals' will
- 2. Silent dive into water's depth, an aquatic Olympian artifact
- 3. Icelandic grappling art, an obscure Olympic combatant
- 4. Bat-and-ball game, famed in colonies, fleetingly graced Olympic fields
- 6. Ancient test of five disciplines, reborn but once contested in modern Games
- 7. To confuse or mix up; cryptic clue referencing chaotic forgotten contests
- 9. Latin for brief garb, worn in ancient Greek athletic bouts
- 10. A cryptic hint: disorderly wrestling for early Olympic glory
- 11. Mallet ball game, Olympic by chance before fading away
- 14. Hard-hitting indoor ball sport, eclipsed by squash's rise
- 18. Croquet's American cousin vanished after 1904’s fleeting spotlight
Down
- 5. Balancing act on Olympic rope, lost to time and gravity
- 8. Primitive cast in water, an early Olympic aquatic trial
- 12. Strength contest once pulling nations apart in Olympic rivalry
- 13. Mounted skill set, once broader with vanished disciplines included
- 15. Indigenous stick game, briefly an Olympian’s chase
- 16. Racing with obstacles, once with variant formats now obsolete
- 17. Striking discs on wood, a silent board game never to return
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