Track-meet official

The answer

TIMER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIMER answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TIMER

Every other clue in this collection answered by TIMER, most used first.

• Stopwatch - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Microwave feature - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Oven feature - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Track official - used 27 times, most recently in 2020
• Kitchen counter? - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Race official - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Kitchen gadget - used 14 times, most recently in 2009
• Hourglass, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Stopwatch, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Oven's countdown device - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Kitchen device - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Hourglass - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Sports official - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Stopwatch or hourglass - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Countdown device - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Church official - ELDER, used 107 times
• Roman official - EDILE, used 83 times
• Track events - MEETS, used 50 times
• "___ we meet again" - UNTIL, used 49 times
• Animal track - SPOOR, used 48 times
• Track events - RACES, used 43 times

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