Ripken of baseball

The answer to “Ripken of baseball” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is CAL — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 24, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 16-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Ripken of baseball” answer

CAL (3 letters)

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What does CAL mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of CAL is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Ripken of baseball” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 24, 2026 (most recent) → CAL. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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