| Royal Ascot and Epsom Derby, e.g. |
The Telegraph Mini |
23 Nov 2025 |
| Tests of speed |
The Telegraph Plusword |
07 Nov 2025 |
| Speed contests |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2025 |
| Drag events |
Universal |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Political campaigns |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Oct 2025 |
| See 9-Across |
|
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| Political contests |
Commuter |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Last of four winners in competitions (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Heats, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Events on tracks |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Events at Ascot, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Indy events |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Runs against others (5) |
Mirror Classic |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Dashes and triathlons |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Marathons and sprints |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2025 |
| Bajoran, Betazoid, and Borg, in the "Star Trek" franchise |
|
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| Cares about how fast one goes (5) |
|
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| Cares about track events (5) |
|
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| Beats faster (of heart) (5) |
|
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| "A Day at the ___"; Marx Brothers movie |
|
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| Tries to beat the clock |
Commuter |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Dashes and marathons |
Universal |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Contests of speed |
Commuter |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Right cards for sporting events? |
|
|
| Marathons, e.g. |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Marathons and sprints |
Commuter |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Runs fast |
Premier Sunday |
23 Feb 2025 |
| A terrible scare at Ascot, perhaps (5) |
|
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| Speed contests |
Mirror Classic |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Wacky ___, children's cartoon (5) |
Puzzler |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Contests of speed |
Commuter |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500, e.g. |
|
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| Speed contests |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Speed contests for leading rally experts (5) |
|
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| Competitions for those with common characteristics? (5) |
|
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| TV cartoon series: Wacky - |
|
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| Marathons, e.g. |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Competes in a speed contest (5) |
|
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| Blaydon ___, Geordie folk song (5) |
|
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| Sporting events ascertain to be half crooked (5) |
|
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| I leave No18 and go to the gallops |
|
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| Track events |
Universal |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Rushes to dispel a scare (5) |
|
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| Sprints and marathons, e.g. |
|
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| Competitions for runners (5) |
Puzzler |
28 Nov 2024 |
| 100m, 200m, 400m and the like |
|
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| Goes quickly |
Newsday |
21 Nov 2024 |
| 1960s animated show, Wacky... |
|
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| Goes quickly, the result of a scare maybe (5) |
|
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| Cares about the peoples of the world |
|
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| Retro children's cartoon, Wacky ... |
|
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| French are supporting vehicle after elevating Formula One events |
|
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| Track doings |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Nov 2024 |
| I scare easily at such contests |
|
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| Indy events |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Speed contests involving royal experts (5) |
|
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| "I haven't seen so much mudslinging since the last election!" exclaimed Groucho Marx in A Day At The ... |
|
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| Rushes around causing a scare (5) |
|
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| Scare over athletics events (5) |
|
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| Some have four legs |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2024 |
| "A Day at the -" |
|
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| Sprint contests |
|
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| Marathons, e.g. |
Commuter |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Speed contests (5) |
Puzzler |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Running contests (5) |
|
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| Contests for red headed airmen? (5) |
|
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| Wacky ___, children's cartoon (5) |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Aug 2024 |
| The Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Events at Talladega Superspeedway |
|
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| Tribes in competition? (5) |
|
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| Sudden occurrences of a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion (5) |
|
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| Daytona 500 and Monaco Grand Prix, for two |
|
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| Competes in providing good services at a tourist centre |
|
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| Speeds (5) |
Puzzler |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Rare experts in running events? (5) |
|
|
| Triathlons and marathons |
Universal |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Experts get right in front - to win them? |
|
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| Dashes, say |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2024 |
| In which, competitively, a raw beginner leads the winners? |
|
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| Speed competitions (5) |
|
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| Track meet events |
Universal |
24 May 2024 |
| "There are only two _ on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid": John Fowles (5) |
|
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| Acres used for the punters' pleasure (5) |
|
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| Indy events |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2024 |
| Contests in speed |
|
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| Can you win them if you have the right cards? (5) |
|
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| Contests in which the right superstars appear? (5) |
|
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| Competes on foot |
|
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| Cares for these sort of contests |
|
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| "Don't point that beard at me! It might go off!" Groucho Marx demanded in A Day At The ... |
|
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| Could a raw beginner at cards possibly win them? |
|
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| Competitions for groups of people |
|
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| Speed events (5) |
|
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| 100m, 200m, and others (5) |
|
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| Cares about competitions |
|
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| Contests that end at finish lines |
|
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| Field day contests |
|
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| Some server ace seen at the track (5) |
|
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| "Don't point that beard at me! It might go off!" warned Groucho in A Day At The ... |
|
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| Controversially scare tribes |
|
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| Controversially scare tribes (5) |
|
|
| Track meet events |
Universal |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Dragonborn and Halfling, in D&D |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2023 |
| Experts holding up Republican contests (5) |
|
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| Experts holding up Republican contests |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Track events |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Upset senior has one in tears |
|
|
| Marathons and sprints |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Track events |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Nov 2023 |
| Zooms (off) |
Universal |
28 Oct 2023 |
| Derbies, e.g. |
New York Times |
19 Oct 2023 |
| Some fundraisers |
LA Times Daily |
14 Oct 2023 |
| Track events |
Universal |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500 |
New York Times |
11 Sep 2023 |
| Election night list |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2023 |
| Triathlons and such |
Universal |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Churchill Downs events |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2023 |
| Timed track contests |
|
|
| Sprints and marathons, e.g. |
|
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| NASCAR events |
Universal |
18 Feb 2023 |
| Relays and steeplechases |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Competitions on tracks |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2022 |
| Runs and manages to find missing leader |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Oct 2022 |
| Track competitions |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Some have legs |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Aug 2022 |
| Track events |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Track events |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jun 2022 |
| Peoples' careers |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Indy events |
Thomas Joseph |
14 May 2022 |
| Dashes |
Universal |
01 Feb 2022 |
| Indy events |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Four of the 10 decathlon events |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Scare criminal in tears |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Attempts to beat on foot |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2021 |
| "A Day at the ___," one of Queen's best selling albums which shipped gold in the US |
|
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| Meet makeup |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Meet makeup |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Marathons and sprints |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Boston Marathon and Tour de France, for two |
|
|
| Speeds, or speedy events |
Universal |
30 Aug 2021 |
| Dashes or sprints |
Universal |
02 Jun 2021 |
| Drags, say |
Wall Street Journal |
19 May 2021 |
| Steeplechases |
Canadiana |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Sprints and such |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Exercise care carrying around bombs |
|
|
| Indy 500 and Daytona 500 |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2020 |
| Speeds |
LA Times Daily |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Speeds |
The Washington Post |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Zooms (along) |
Universal |
11 Nov 2020 |
| Track events |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Nov 2020 |
| People's careers |
|
|
| Goes fast |
Premier Sunday |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Marathons, etc |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2020 |
| Runs (off) |
Universal |
22 Sep 2020 |
| Political campaigns |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Track-and-field events |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Contests of speed |
Irish Times Simplex |
23 Jun 2020 |
| Track events |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Jun 2020 |
| NASCAR competitions |
Universal |
18 May 2020 |
| Operates at excessive speed |
The Times Concise |
16 May 2020 |
| Marathons and sprints |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Sporting contests to test speed |
|
|
| Indy events |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Dec 2019 |
| Track events |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2019 |
| Different nations meeting |
|
|
| Goes very quickly |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2019 |
| Mid-autumn multihour news coverage |
Newsday |
21 Sep 2019 |
| Sprinter's events |
|
|
| Speeds (along) |
Universal |
27 Jul 2019 |
| Like Formula 1 and MotoGP events |
|
|
| Track contests |
|
|
| Goes in a hurry |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2019 |
| Runs |
The Washington Post |
16 Mar 2019 |
| Runs |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2019 |
| Competitions between horses, say |
|
|
| Election contests |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2019 |
| Sprint and marathon? |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Running things |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2019 |
| Speeds (along) |
|
|
| Election contests |
|
|
| Runs |
|
|
| Dashes against |
Universal |
21 Nov 2018 |
| Heats at meets |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Nov 2018 |
| Floors it |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2018 |
| Many Olympic events |
The Washington Post |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Many Olympic events |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Epsom activities |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2018 |
| Meeting different sorts of people |
|
|
| Their legs are covered quickly |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2018 |
| Formula 1 events |
|
|
| Pimlico card |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Many Olympic events |
|
|
| Epsom activities |
|
|
| Heats at meets |
|
|
| Dashes against |
|
|
| Saratoga action |
The Washington Post |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Saratoga action |
LA Times Daily |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Hurries |
Universal |
04 Dec 2017 |
| Four of a decathlon's events |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2017 |
| Beats quickly, in a way |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2017 |
| Four decathlon events |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
29 Sep 2017 |
| 5K and 10K |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Ascot events |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Sep 2017 |
| Triathlons and 10Ks |
USA Today |
02 Aug 2017 |
| Runs competitively |
Universal |
04 Jun 2017 |
| Churchill Downs events |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2017 |
| Scare criminal in tears |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Apr 2017 |
| Epsom events |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Mar 2017 |
| Utilizes a track, in a way |
Universal |
01 Feb 2017 |
| Sprints and marathons |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2017 |
| Off to the ___ (starting strong) |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2017 |
| Hurries |
|
|
| Saratoga action |
|
|
| Runs competitively |
|
|
| Triathlons and 10Ks |
|
|
| Off to the ___ (starting strong) |
|
|
| Beats quickly, in a way |
|
|
| Four decathlon events |
|
|
| Four of a decathlon's events |
|
|
| Churchill Downs events |
|
|
| Track doings |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Dec 2016 |
| Ethnic groups in competitions |
|
|
| Hurries |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2016 |
| Three goddesses, no good in competitions |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Aug 2016 |
| Brickyard events |
The Washington Post |
27 Jul 2016 |
| Daytona events |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jul 2016 |
| See 63-Down |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Track events |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2016 |
| Ethnic groups |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Feb 2016 |
| Sprints |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jan 2016 |
| Hurries |
|
|
| See 63-Down |
|
|
| Track events |
|
|
| Zips by |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2015 |
| Some are three-legged |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
06 Nov 2015 |
| 'A Day at the ___' (Marx Brothers film) |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2015 |
| Speed contests |
Universal |
18 Oct 2015 |
| Lots of people running competitons? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Oct 2015 |
| Makeup of humanity |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2015 |
| Rushes |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Jun 2015 |
| Marathons, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 May 2015 |
| Speed contests |
Newsday |
25 May 2015 |
| Drag and three-legged |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2015 |
| Political contests |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2015 |
| Some are three-legged |
|
|
| Derby events |
|
|
| "A Day at the ___" (Marx Brothers film) |
|
|
| Speed contests |
|
|
| Drag and three-legged |
|
|
| Political contests |
|
|
| Speed contests |
|
|
| Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes |
|
|
| Zips by |
|
|
| Makeup of humanity |
|
|
| 500 events |
|
|
| Speed contests |
|
|
| Pennant quests |
|
|
| Where 1-Across singer was "Off to"? |
|
|
| Meet expectations? |
|
|
| Pennant chases |
|
|
| They could be this puzzle's theme |
|
|
| Indy events |
|
|
| Barrels along |
|
|
| Sprints |
|
|
| Ascot action |
|
|
| Regattas, for instance |
|
|
| Triple Crown trio |
|
|
| Political contests |
|
|
| Four of a decathlon's 10 events |
|
|
| Breeds found at Ascot |
|
|
| Track contests |
|
|
| Timed contests |
|
|
| Track events |
|
|
| Betting settings |
|
|
| Track contests |
|
|
| Campaigns |
|
|
| Belmont events |
|
|
| Soapbox derby events |
|
|
| Election contests |
|
|
| Really moves |
|
|
| Gets revved up |
|
|
| What The Bird and the Bee are off to? |
|
|
| Tests of speed |
|
|
| Lana Del Rey "Off to the ___" |
|
|
| Darts |
|
|
| Oft-timed contests |
|
|
| Track activities |
|
|
| Darts |
|
|
| Oft-timed contests |
|
|
| Kentucky Derby events |
|
|
| Derbies et al. |
|
|
| Olympic events |
|
|
| Drags, say |
|
|
| Olympic events |
|
|
| Pennant quests |
|
|
| Does a 10K |
|
|
| Meet events |
|
|
| Daytona 500 events |
|
|
| Events on a card |
|
|
| 10K and marathon |
|
|
| 10K's, e.g. |
|
|
| Events on a card |
|
|
| Competes at Indy |
|
|
| Political events |
|
|
| Santa Anita doings |
|
|
| Zooms |
|
|
| Zooms |
|
|
| Sprints |
|
|
| Tests of speed |
|
|
| Dashes, e.g. |
|
|
| Camptown contests |
|
|
| Saratoga events |
|
|
| Zooms |
|
|
| Betting setting |
|
|
| Talladega events |
|
|
| Tears |
|
|
| Hurries to the line |
|
|
| Churchill Downs agenda |
|
|
| Floors it |
|
|
| Hotfoots it |
|
|
| Downhill and slalom |
|
|
| Some are three-legged |
|
|
| Pennant chases |
|
|
| Saratoga card |
|
|
| Derbies, e.g. |
|
|
| Streaks |
|
|
| Belmont events |
|
|
| Sprints |
|
|
| Streaks |
|
|
| Downhill and slalom |
|
|
| Makes circuits, possibly |
|
|
| Long ones have legs |
|
|
| Barrels |
|
|
| Events for horses and cars |
|
|
| Many are three-legged |
|
|
| Meet expectations? |
|
|
| Some are three-legged |
|
|
| Tears |
|
|
| Running things |
|
|
| Triple Crown trio |
|
|
| Heats |
|
|
| Runs a 10K |
|
|
| Indy 500 and Daytona 500 |
|
|
| Tears |
|
|
| Running things |
|
|
| Preakness et al. |
|
|
| "A Day at the ___" |
|
|
| Meet events |
|
|
| Some are three-legged |
|
|
| Sprints |
|
|
| Olympics array |
|
|
| Hippodrome events |
|
|
| Goes quickly |
|
|
| Track events |
|
|
| Competes at Indy |
|
|
| Streaks |
|
|
| Political contests |
|
|
| Meet expectations? |
|
|
| Revs |
|
|
| Superiority contests |
|
|
| Three-legged and drag |
|
|
| Competes in the Iditarod |
|
|
| Meet expectations? |
|
|
| Dashes, e.g. |
|
|
| Makes haste |
|
|
| Enters a 10K |
|
|
| Dashes |
|
|
| 5K and 10K |
|
|
| Petty undertakings |
|
|
| Some are three-legged |
|
|
| Meet events |
|
|
| Revs |
|
|
| Election contests |
|
|
| Dashes |
|
|
| Hotfoots it |
|
|
| Regattas |
|
|
| Track events |
|
|
| Goes quickly |
|
|
| Revs up |
|
|
| Some derbies |
|
|
| Camptown contests |
|
|
| Sprints or slaloms |
|
|
| Senate ___ |
|
|
| Dash and marathon |
|
|
| Santa Anita doings |
|
|
| Strong currents |
|
|
| Indy 500 and others |
|
|
| Dashes |
|
|
| Runs for the money |
|
|
| Political issues |
|
|
| Goes like a bolt from the blue |
|
|
| Sprints |
|
|
| Epsom sport |
|
|
| Indy 500 and others |
|
|
| Guns |
|
|
| Daytona and Indianapolis have them |
|
|
| Makes tracks |
|
|
| Campaigns |
|
|
| Meet events |
|
|
| Saratoga attraction |
|
|
| Shoots |
|
|
| Heats |
|
|
| Political events |
|
|
| Barrels |
|
|
| A Day at the ____ |
|
|
| Speeds |
|
|
| Puts the pedal to the metal |
|
|
| Regattas |
|
|
| Marathons |
|
|
| Events at Ascot |
|
|
| Indy events |
|
|
| Derbies |
|
|
| Belmont card |
|
|
| Peoples |
|
|
| Events at Aqueduct |
|
|
| Big A events |
|
|
| Some handicaps |
|
|
| Rushes |
|
|
| Strong water currents |
|
|
| Speeds |
|
|
| Marx Brothers' "A Day at the ___" |
|
|
| Where the Marx Brothers spent a day |
|
|
| Ball-bearing grooves |
|
|
| "A Day at the ___," Marx Brothers film |
|
|
| Moves swiftly |
|
|
| Turf affairs |
|
|
| Derbies |
|
|
| Where the Marxes spent a day |
|
|
| "A Day at the ___" |
|
|
| Events at Belmont |
|
|
| "Big A" events |
|
|
| "Camptown ___" |
|
|
| Pimlico offerings |
|
|
| Subject of a Foster song |
|
|
| Human and mill |
|
|
| Camptown doings |
|
|
| Contests |
|
|
| Camptown events |
|
|
| Steeplechase and relay |
|
|
| Off to the ___ |
|
|
| Track events |
|
|
| Derby et al. |
|
|
| Dashes |
|
|
| Red, white and black |
|
|
| 10,000 meters, 26 miles, etc. |
|
|
| Ice skating events. |
|
|
| Hopeful Stakes or Youthful Stakes. |
|
|
| Hialeah attractions. |
|
|
| Rapid currents of water. |
|
|
| Preakness, Derby, etc. |
|
|
| Jamaica doings. |
|
|
| Feature of the Olympiad. |
|
|
| What pari-mutuel machines are used for. |
|
|
| Divisions of mankind. |
|
|
| Regattas. |
|
|
| Relays. |
|
|
| Speed contests. |
|
|
| Scurries. |
|
|
| Sports events. |
|
|
| They're on track |
|
|
| Big ones have many stages |
|
|
| Watercourses. |
|
|
| Drives at high speed. |
|
|
| What Pimlico is famous for. |
|
|
| Grand National, Hambletonian, etc. |
|
|
| Saratoga events. |
|
|
| Tour de France, Grand Prix, etc. |
|
|
| Yonkers events. |
|
|
| Competitions |
|
|
| Sportsman's choice. |
|
|
| County fair attraction. |
|
|
| Dashes. |
|
|
| Careers. |
|
|
| Longchamp events. |
|
|
| Contests, as in pigeon flying. |
|
|
| Sporting events. |
|
|
| Hambletonians. |
|
|
| Rushes. |
|
|
| Goes hurry-scurry. |
|
|
| Bowie events. |
|
|
| Sprints. |
|
|
| Track events. |
|
|
| Sport attraction. |
|
|
| Pimlico doings. |
|
|
| Camptown events. |
|
|
| Speed trials. |
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| Indianapolis attraction. |
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| Artificial channels. |
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| "Camptown ___." |
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| Swift currents of water. |
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| Havre de Grace attractions. |
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| Political contests. |
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| Olympic events. |
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| 100, 220, 440, etc. |
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| Santa Anita specialties. |
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| Moves swiftly. |
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