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3 results for ATHLETIC from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 28, 2011	41D	Part of N.C.A.A.	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Sun Feb 4, 2007	80D	Fit	Paul Guttormsson	Shortz
Sun Jul 1, 2001	40D	Sporting?	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

1 result for ATHLETIC from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 15, 2003	Acrostic	N	Any player for a franchise that began in Philadelphia in 1901	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for ATHLETIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 31, 1984	4D	Part of N.C.A.A.	Merryl Maleska	Maleska
Mon Dec 26, 1977	9D	Like Bruce Jenner	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sun Jun 20, 1971	12D	Muscular	Frances Hansen	Weng
Fri Feb 8, 1963	40D	Part of A.A.U.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Jan 21, 1962	82A	Vigorous.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Fri Jun 26, 1959	15A	Kansas City ballplayer.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 11, 1949	58A	Hercules' build.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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