| What term is used in athletics to refer to races preceding the finals? (5) |
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| Warms up for the opening races |
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| Uses a microwave, say |
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| Preliminary races |
Universal |
29 Feb 2024 |
| Race divisions |
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| Microwaves the last of the goulash and tucks in to (5) |
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| Puts in the microwave |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Raises the temperature of (5) |
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| Qualifying races |
Universal |
28 Aug 2023 |
| Preliminary races |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Puts in the oven |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2023 |
| Warms sweetheart wearing top coverings |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Mar 2023 |
| Inflames |
Canadiana |
20 Mar 2023 |
| Provides warmth to |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2023 |
| Warms (up) |
Universal |
17 Feb 2023 |
| Preliminary races |
Universal |
25 Jan 2023 |
| Warms up |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jan 2023 |
| Some races |
New York Times |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Fires up |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Aug 2022 |
| Track races |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Aug 2022 |
| Preliminary races |
Universal |
26 Jun 2022 |
| Warms up, as dinner |
Newsday |
25 Jan 2022 |
| Microwaves |
Universal |
21 Sep 2021 |
| Begins to get exciting, with 'up' |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Adds thermal energy to |
USA Today |
30 May 2021 |
| Preliminary races |
Newsday |
30 May 2021 |
| Track trials |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Track trials |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Race prelims |
The Washington Post |
08 Dec 2020 |
| Race prelims |
LA Times Daily |
08 Dec 2020 |
| Cooks through |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Nov 2020 |
| Warms up for races |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Nov 2020 |
| Puts in the oven |
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| Uses a microwave, say |
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| Warms up |
Premier Sunday |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Warms |
Universal |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Qualifying races |
The Washington Post |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Qualifying races |
LA Times Daily |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Warms up for the preliminary races |
Irish Times Simplex |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Warms up in the oven |
Newsday |
23 Jun 2020 |
| Warms up |
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| Warms up |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Mar 2020 |
| Puts in the oven |
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| Preliminary races |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2020 |
| Track meet divisions |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Qualifying races |
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| Track and field events |
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| Trial rounds |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Trial rounds |
The Washington Post |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Track meet divisions |
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| Trial rounds |
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| Warms |
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| Qualifying races in sports |
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| Warms up |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Qualifying races |
Newsday |
29 Apr 2018 |
| Warms up |
Universal |
01 Feb 2018 |
| Track events |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Track prelims |
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| Warms up |
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| Makes someone less cool |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Police in New York beginning to shoot rounds |
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| Puts on a burner |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2017 |
| Warms up |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Oct 2017 |
| Qualifying races |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2017 |
| Warms some quiche at Savoy |
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| Uses a microwave |
Universal |
01 Mar 2017 |
| Finals preceders |
Newsday |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Puts on a burner |
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| Qualifying races |
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| Warms (up) |
Premier Sunday |
09 Oct 2016 |
| Puts in the oven |
Universal |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Race makeup |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Aug 2016 |
| Warms up, as food |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2016 |
| Events at meets |
Jonesin |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Puts on the back burner? |
Universal |
30 Jan 2016 |
| Puts in the oven |
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| Puts on the back burner? |
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| Makes warm |
Universal |
10 Oct 2015 |
| Makes warm |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2015 |
| Warms up, as leftovers |
Universal |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Makes warm |
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| Warms up, as leftovers |
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| Makes warm |
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| Intensifies, with "up" |
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| Track races |
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| Track prelims |
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| Trials on tracks |
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| Time trials |
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| Sticks in the oven |
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| Qualifying races |
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| Makes warmer |
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| Qualifiers |
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| Battle of bands events |
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| Qualifying races |
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| Some elimination rounds |
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| Events in battle of bands |
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| Meet preliminaries |
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| Warms, as food |
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| Microwaves, say |
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| Early races |
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| Track trials |
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| Preliminary races |
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| Track trials |
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| Track meet events |
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| Qualifying races |
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| Track events |
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| Warms up |
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| Makes warmer |
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| Prelims |
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| Track and field events |
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| Track rounds |
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| Puts in the microwave |
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| Qualifying races |
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| Meet preliminaries |
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| Microwaves, as leftovers |
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| Microwaves, as leftovers |
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| Puts on the back burner, maybe |
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| Track and field events |
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| Prelims, of sorts |
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| Increases molecular motion |
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| Preliminary races |
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| Warms |
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| Puts on the burner |
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| Increases molecular motion |
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| Warms up |
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| Warms |
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| Track trials |
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| Nukes, so to speak |
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| Track trials |
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| Track prelims |
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| Warms up |
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| Race rounds |
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| Meet prelims |
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| Torrefies |
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| Track events |
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| Trial rounds |
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| Preliminary contests |
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| Puts in the oven |
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| Qualifying events |
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| Warms |
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| Makes warmer |
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| Preliminary races |
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| Qualifiers |
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| Preliminary races |
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| Takes the chill off |
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| Track trials |
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| Track and field events |
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| Uses the microwave |
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| Parts of 19 Across |
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| Prelims |
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| Preliminary races |
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| Trial rounds |
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| Excites |
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| Events at meets |
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| Qualifying track events |
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| Warms up |
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| Inflames |
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| Certain competitions |
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| Inflames |
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| Preliminary events |
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| Preliminaries at a track meet |
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| Trial runs |
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| Track trials |
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| Track events. |
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| Track meet events. |
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| Preliminary events. |
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| Track term. |
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| Parts of a race. |
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| Track meet preliminaries. |
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| Preliminary rounds of races. |
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| Divisions of a race. |
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| Warms. |
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| Preliminary races. |
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| Divisions of a contest. |
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| Time trials |
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| Qualifying races |
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