Qualifying race
The crossword clue "Qualifying race" is answered by HEAT, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HEAT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEAT answer page.
Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- PRIMARY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HEAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEAT, most used first.
- Warmth - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Miami team - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Furnace output - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Pressure - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Kind of wave - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
- Preliminary race - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
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