Political contests
The crossword clue "Political contests" is answered by RACES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RACES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RACES answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RACES
Every other clue in this collection answered by RACES, most used first.
- Track events - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Churchill Downs events - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Speed contests - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Indy events - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Sprints - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Marathons - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Some are three-legged - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Dashes - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Meet events - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Speeds - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Marathons and sprints - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Pennant chases - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Political pamphlet - TRACT, used 21 times
- Political influence - CLOUT, used 17 times
- Track contests - MEETS, used 17 times
- Political columnist Molly - IVINS, used 11 times
- Political group - PARTY, used 11 times
- Political housecleaning - PURGE, used 10 times
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