Preliminary races
The crossword clue "Preliminary races" is answered by HEATS, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HEATS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEATS answer page.
Used 22 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- TRIALS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HEATS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEATS, most used first.
- Warms up - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
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