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8 results for RINGER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 8, 2018	32D	Someone who's really too good to be competing	Caleb Madison	Shortz
Sat Dec 8, 2012	12D	Player who's way too good, say	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Sat Feb 6, 2010	19D	A dead one looks like something else	Frederick J. Healy	Shortz
Sun Jul 2, 2006	50D	Fraudulent contestant	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Tue Aug 26, 2003	5D	Horseshoes score	Richard Hughes	Shortz
Wed Nov 22, 2000	26A	Good shot in quoits	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Sat Oct 16, 1999	18A	Fake	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun Feb 9, 1997	72A	Striking likeness	D. Niles	Shortz

2 results for RINGER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 19, 2021	Takeaway	45A	Mckintoshes nd g*loshes	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Jun 3, 2018	Panda	62A	Call the emergency room	Joel Fagliano	Shortz

14 results for RINGER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 26, 1986	51A	Horseshoe hit	Larry Goldhirsch	Maleska
Thu May 9, 1985	23A	Horseshoes hit	Harold B. Counts	Maleska
Sat Nov 29, 1975	10D	Goal in horseshoes	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng
Thu Mar 13, 1969	30A	Twin, in a way.	Unknown	Weng
Tue Sep 26, 1967	21A	Score at horseshoes.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Wed Jul 26, 1967	11A	Perfect quoits shot.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Thu Jun 30, 1966	22A	Spitting image.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Feb 23, 1962	43D	Perfect quoit shot.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Sun Apr 23, 1961	3D	Quoits throw.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Mon Nov 18, 1957	32D	Good throw in horseshoes.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 15, 1954	10D	A person who greatly resembles another.	Edgar Watts	Farrar
Sat Apr 11, 1953	6D	Unqualified player.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Thu Mar 15, 1951	64A	Successful pitch at horseshoes.	Robert Hegler	Farrar
Sun Feb 20, 1949	3D	Spit and image.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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