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Obscure Contests of Olympic Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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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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