| Appetizer |
Commuter |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Standing - to take over the whole garden? (7) |
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| Golf official |
Newsday |
17 Jul 2025 |
| First portion's lead time? I'm not sure |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Race official (7) |
Mirror Classic |
03 Jun 2025 |
| First course for a course official (7) |
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| No second-stringer |
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| Course on Come Dine With Me or question type on University Challenge (7) |
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| ___ Pistol, loud shot that is fired to kick off track and field events |
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| Course for beginner (7) |
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| Athletics official's hors d'oeuvre perhaps? (7) |
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| Race official with a pistol |
Mirror Classic |
03 Mar 2025 |
| He instigates race movements (7) |
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| Officially only a beginner (7) |
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| At first, runners may be under his orders (7) |
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| Racing official that begins a race (7) |
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| A dashboard control which has not been scratched (7) |
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| One who fires the gun to begin a race (7) |
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| Race movement begins under his orders (7) |
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| Man beginning race (7) |
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| First course of a meal |
Mirror Classic |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Appetizer |
Commuter |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Soup, for example, is official at many courses (7) |
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| As far as athletic events are concerned, he's just a beginner (7) |
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| Does he make the competitors jump to his orders? (7) |
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| First pitcher |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Sourdough need |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Officially he's only a beginner (7) |
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| First course for one who'll say 'On your marks' (7) |
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| Ignition motor (7) |
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| Entree provided for one with gun at beginning of race (7) |
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| The chap with the pistol has his orders (7) |
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| You'll recognise him from the word go (7) |
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| Was he surprised by his pistol's going off? (7) |
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| "Hors d'oeuvre" is a novice (7) |
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| First course of a meal |
Mirror Classic |
11 Aug 2024 |
| First course for a race official (7) |
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| Dish before the main course (7) |
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| First course for the official with the gun (7) |
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| First course of a meal |
Mirror Classic |
19 May 2024 |
| Small flan with hesitation, then prawn cocktail? (7) |
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| First course for race official |
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| Soup, say |
Newsday |
09 May 2024 |
| Race official or course of meal (7) |
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| A novice jumper (7) |
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| He doesn't finish the first course! (7) |
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| First course |
The Times Concise |
18 Apr 2024 |
| The man who gives the orders before the race begins. (7) |
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| First course |
Mirror Tea Time |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Only a beginner in horse racing? (7) |
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| Principal expression curtailed for early course? (7) |
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| Principal expression curtailed for early course? |
The Guardian Quiptic |
04 Mar 2024 |
| First course |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Food for beginner? |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Feb 2024 |
| First-inning pitcher |
Commuter |
12 Feb 2024 |
| First course of a meal |
Mirror Classic |
03 Feb 2024 |
| One begins painting during rest, surprisingly (7) |
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| First-string player |
Commuter |
31 Jan 2024 |
| First-inning pitcher |
Commuter |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Of course it is first (7) |
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| First course in expressionist art, erotic! (7) |
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| Race official organised rest at end of qualifier (7) |
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| Appetiser is more pungent after seconds (7) |
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| Appetiser is more pungent after seconds |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Dec 2023 |
| First course on menus |
Newsday |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Soup or salad, on a menu |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2022 |
| First-string player |
Family Time |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Sourdough mixture |
USA Today |
15 May 2022 |
| Dish that comes before the main course? |
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| Beginner |
The Times Concise |
04 Nov 2021 |
| Pistol wielder |
Wall Street Journal |
06 May 2021 |
| First course |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Apr 2021 |
| First course more piquant after seconds |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Jan 2021 |
| Opening course for Aintree official? |
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| Word before 'home' or 'pack' |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2020 |
| Appetizer |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Course race official |
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| Official at a race |
Universal |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Course includes minimalist art, erroneously |
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| No substitute for an appetiser |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jun 2019 |
| Official with a pistol |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2019 |
| Official with a pistol |
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| First course |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Food for beginner |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Bench rider? No |
Universal |
09 Nov 2018 |
| First course |
The Times Concise |
28 Aug 2018 |
| First one on the field |
Universal |
21 Jul 2018 |
| Appetizer, on a 2 Down |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Sulphur and more acid in dish |
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| Time to interrupt one looking rudely – race official |
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| Person with a pistol |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jan 2018 |
| Bench rider? No |
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| First one on the field |
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| First course |
The Washington Post |
25 Nov 2017 |
| First course |
LA Times Daily |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Appetiser |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Nov 2017 |
| Track official whose report is eagerly awaited |
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| Dish to get the runners moving? |
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| First course |
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| Hors d'oeuvre |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Nov 2016 |
| Car part |
Canadiana |
03 Oct 2016 |
| One throwing the first pitch |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2016 |
| Beginner |
The Times Concise |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Opposite of a bench player |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2016 |
| Appetizer |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2016 |
| Type of pistol |
Universal |
17 Jan 2016 |
| Type of pistol |
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| One throwing the first pitch |
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| First item on menu? It could be horse! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Dec 2015 |
| Person looking hard round back of restaurant for appetiser |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Nov 2015 |
| Chap with pistol people run away from as quickly as possible |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Nov 2015 |
| Provider of track shots? |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2015 |
| South -- they're oddly following sailor's course |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Aug 2015 |
| Provider of track shots? |
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| Track official with a gun |
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| First-pitch thrower |
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| First-pitch thrower |
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| Entrée preceder |
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| Crank replacer |
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| Track official |
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| First-inning pitcher |
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| Not a substitute |
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| Not a substitute |
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| Appetizer |
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| No benchwarmer |
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| NASCAR official |
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| First-string player |
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| Not a substitute |
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| NASCAR official |
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| Race figure |
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| Race figure |
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| Appetizer |
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| Golf official |
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| First-stringer |
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| Crank replacer |
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| Race official |
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| Engine part |
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| Flywheel, maybe |
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| Track official |
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| First-string player |
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| It can turn your car over |
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| Official with a gun |
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| On button |
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| Crank replacer |
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| Not a member of the reserves |
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| Beginner |
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| Track official |
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| Olympics pistol-packer |
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| Race official |
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| His shot causes many to run |
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| Track employee |
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| One with a gun for a run |
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| First-team member |
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| Auto part |
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| Crank's replacement |
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| Device on most automobiles. |
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| Part of an automobile. |
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| Automobile part. |
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| Tyro. |
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| Pistol shooter at the Olympics |
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| Member of the A-team |
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| Official at track meet. |
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| Stationary elevator man. |
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| Race track official. |
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| Automobile necessity. |
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| Race official. |
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| Car part |
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| Race course official. |
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| Elevator man. |
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| Car part. |
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| Part of a car. |
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| Sports official. |
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| Auto part. |
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| First in a series. |
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| Elevator director. |
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| Elevator chief. |
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| Car mechanism. |
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| Descendant of the crank. |
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