| Sprinter's "too soon" error |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Get a fright accidentally - let's try that again (5,5) |
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| Moving violation? |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2025 |
| Not a true origin of race perhaps (5,5) |
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| Football penalty ... or what each starred clue's answer has, in two ways? |
Universal |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Premature beginning (5,5) |
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| At last ref's reviewed athlete's illegal jump? (5,5) |
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| FA starlets suffered during unsuccessful opening (5,5) |
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| Sprinter's before-the-gun error |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2024 |
| At last, ref's blown for infringement |
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| What is it called when an athlete begins before the starting gun has fired? (5,5) |
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| It could hardly lead to a true conclusion |
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| Infraction on a gridiron or on a track |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Early misstep |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2023 |
| Failed attempt to produce most counterfeit watercolours, for example |
The Guardian Quiptic |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Synthetic tree decoration with timer at first going too quickly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Dec 2022 |
| Female with a line prepared about celebrity makes flawed beginning |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Oct 2022 |
| Running early? |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2022 |
| Reason for a track race do-over |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Left as upset about headliner beginning to question |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jul 2020 |
| Beginning to doubt? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Sprinter's infraction, and a hint to the starred answers' first words |
Universal |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Sprint malfunction |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2018 |
| As something before its proper time, it's not going off with a bang |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Jan 2018 |
| Reason for a dash do-over |
Newsday |
17 Nov 2017 |
| F? |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2017 |
| F? |
The Washington Post |
05 Nov 2017 |
| Feigned response to a loud noise? |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2017 |
| F? |
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| Fellow bitter about a university's illegal manoeuvre |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Mar 2016 |
| Athletic infraction ... or what occurs at the beginning of this puzzle's four theme answers, both across and down |
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| Reason to go back to the block |
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| Running too quickly? |
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| Reason for a track delay |
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| Gun jumper's infraction |
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| Putting 7:00 on the invite, but not actually getting home until 7:30? |
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| Race infraction |
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| Race infraction |
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| *Onset of a lie? |
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| F |
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| F |
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| Leaving early? |
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| Leaving early? |
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| Sprinter's error |
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| The host who tapped the keg before everyone got there was called for a ... |
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