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Olympics contest puzzle

◆ · By Puzzled in CNY · Published 2024-07-18T12:56:12.181Z

Constructor's Note
I hope you enjoy! I tried to work the olympic theme into a lot of clues. A. Lot. Of. Clues.
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  • ditfos 🤓7:40 · 2024-07-19T03:36:07.926Z
    Indeed that is a lot of thematic clues! 1D gave me the most pain because I wanted it to be CHAFING. The answer had not occurred to me until now!
    • Puzzled in CNY constructor · 2024-07-27T00:28:46.567Z
      I have had to swim in some questionable water in triathlons lol so that was my first thought about a Seine Swim :-)
    • Sendhil Revuluri 2:57 · 2024-07-26T01:04:30.235Z
      Fun, thank you! Got Naticked in the top right since I hadn't heard about 7A but now I am more informed!
      • Puzzled in CNY constructor · 2024-07-27T00:27:57.775Z
        thank you! I hoped people would either know 7a or look it up haha. Watch some water polo during the olympics! The women's team, especially, is awesome!
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1A
      "Would you ____ elaborate?"
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      Across
      1. 1A
        "Would you ____ elaborate?"
      2. 7A
        Sponsor of US water polo...just in time?
      3. 11A
        ____ -Dazs
      4. 12A
        Anderson of WKRP
      5. 13A
        Community college of Fremont, CA named for native tribe
      6. 14A
        Gold medalist's cry
      7. 15A
        Sunisa ___, gymnast
      8. 16A
        Famous Earnhardt
      9. 18A
        Someone needs to do this for this puzzle
      10. 20A
        Much Olympic cheating starts here
      11. 24A
        Melodic frameworks of South Asia
      12. 26A
        Indian film and stage actor Balraj _____
      13. 27A
        Original athletes had to compete in one
      14. 29A
        Most Olympians under 20 are one.
      15. 30A
        Unit of crew speed?
      16. 32A
        Device for evaluating a competitor's heart
      17. 33A
        Crew tools
      18. 36A
        Prefix for "-graphy" involving Olympic floor routines
      19. 38A
        Wilbur the pig was one
      20. 39A
        Dorothy ______, ice skating gold medalist from 1976
      21. 40A
        "Mr Phelps, how many medals did you win in total?" "I don't know, thirty ____"
      22. 41A
        How olympic champions are paid
      Down
      1. 1D
        Olympic triathletes will try to avoid this in their first leg
      2. 2D
        The 1992 dream team was used to being "oohed" and this
      3. 3D
        American hub, with Durham
      4. 4D
        Olympian Carl Lewis had plenty
      5. 5D
        One person is assigned to do this to an Olympic field hockey goal
      6. 6D
        What time it is in Paris when it's seven pm in New York
      7. 7D
        Pounces
      8. 8D
        Winning Olympic golf score
      9. 9D
        Year in Guadalajara
      10. 10D
        Cut back on this until after you win "l'or"
      11. 17D
        ____ Alamos, home of the The Bomb
      12. 19D
        Nowadays an athlete often ______ their coach on Zoom
      13. 21D
        Informal goodbye in London (site of 2012 games, in keeping with theme haha)
      14. 22D
        Amoebas and bacteria both have this
      15. 23D
        Goal of every Olympic athlete
      16. 25D
        "___ of a gun, we won!"
      17. 28D
        Site of '14 winter games
      18. 31D
        Conjunction or preposition used to compare athletes
      19. 33D
        Top prize for Peruvian competitors
      20. 34D
        Top prize for Welsh competitors
      21. 35D
        Found in ICUs
      22. 37D
        Expression of surprise sent over SMS
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