Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A person trained to compete in sports (plural)
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- Any of several ___ socialist organizations
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- Study of what happened in the past
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- A feeling of self-respect and personal worth
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- Shiny yellow metal used in jewelry
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- An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event (plural)
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- An alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
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- The capital and largest city of Greece
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- A highly developed state of perfection
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- The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
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- A race in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use
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- Natural abilities or qualities
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- The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
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- A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal
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- The act of passing something along from one person or group to another (plural)
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- Something that happens at a given place and time (plural)
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