Athlete coming from rear in preliminaries (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MILER Athlete coming from rear in preliminaries (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 18, 2025
7% NUDGE Encouragement for one horse coming from the rear (5) The Times Cryptic Jul 4, 2025
6% DRAWL Slowly, say, coming from the right? Coming from the right (5) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 5, 2025
6% RUNNERSUP Athletes in Three Peaks Race who come 2nd and 3rd? (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 1, 2025
6% JAGUAR Jacksonville athlete (6) TV Aug 31, 2025
6% NESTS Where tweets come from (5) Newsday Aug 29, 2025
6% TROJAN USC athlete (6) Eugene Sheffer Aug 18, 2025
6% ANN ____ Packer, athlete (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 18, 2025
6% KEISTER Rear end (7) Commuter Aug 15, 2025
6% TAIL Rear part of a plane (4) Puzzler Backwords Aug 15, 2025

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