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14 results for SWUM from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri Feb 4, 2022	10A	Like the start of an Ironman race	Joseph Greenbaum
Fri Jan 11, 2019	7D	Like some Olympic races (2)	Jim Horne and Jeff Chen
Mon Jan 29, 2018	57D	Taken a dip	Lynn Lempel
Mon Aug 21, 2017	1D	Done the backstroke, e.g.	Tom McCoy
Fri Aug 2, 2013	26D	Done some strokes	Barry C. Silk
Fri Sep 23, 2011	15D	Like some Olympic races (2)	Mike Nothnagel
Mon May 9, 2011	66A	Like the English Channel for the first time in 1875	Nina Rulon-Miller
Thu Jul 5, 2007	16A	Like one leg of a triathlon	Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sat Aug 19, 2006	33D	Like the Florida Straits, rarely	Bob Peoples
Sat Jul 12, 2003	48D	Used strokes	Manny Nosowsky
Fri May 3, 2002	1A	Like laps in a pool	William I. Johnston
Mon Feb 25, 2002	62A	Gone across a pool	Christina Houlihan
Mon Sep 26, 1994	32D	Done laps	Sidney L. Robbins
Sun Dec 26, 1993	1A	Having dogpaddled	Tom Underhill

13 results for SWUM from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 9, 1987	21D	What Spitz has done well	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Sun Feb 9, 1986	92D	Natatory word	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Wed Nov 30, 1983	20D	(Has) moved through water	William Canine	Maleska
Wed Aug 13, 1975	53D	Backstroked	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Fri Jan 31, 1975	56D	Bathed	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng
Wed Jul 31, 1974	5A	Backstroked	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun May 27, 1973	107D	What Spitz has done	Nancy W. Atkinson	Weng
Tue Mar 2, 1965	58D	Enjoyed the water.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Feb 13, 1963	42A	Floated in water.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Fri Aug 30, 1957	66A	Chadwick has ___ the Channel.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sat Oct 20, 1956	42A	Had done the crawl.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 19, 1953	8D	Natated.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Thu Mar 26, 1953	69A	Had competed in aquatic sports.	Albert Blum	Farrar

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