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2 results for SYNCOPES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Apr 20, 1997	54D	Phonetic contractions	Charles M. Deber
Sun Mar 20, 1994	84A	Word elisions, as in "forecastle" to "fo'c'sle"	Joel Davajan

4 results for SYNCOPES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 11, 1985	4D	Elisions	Peter G. Snow	Maleska
Fri Aug 28, 1981	20A	Swoons	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Sat Nov 17, 1979	55A	Fainting spells	Marjorie Pedersen	Maleska
Sun Nov 26, 1950	95A	Contractions of words.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar

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