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1 result for SYNCOPE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 23, 2005	Acrostic	T	Fainting spell; contraction as in "bos'n"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for SYNCOPE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 16, 1978	39D	Swoon or contraction	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat Oct 16, 1971	4D	Use of ne'er for never, e.g.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Sep 25, 1969	11D	Dropping of sounds in grammar.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Oct 26, 1963	9D	Word contraction.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Thu Dec 1, 1960	41A	Elision of a syllable.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 7, 1957	68A	Never into ne'er.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Tue Apr 17, 1951	4D	Elision of a sound from the middle of a word.	Unknown	Farrar

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