Hint - he leaves the running competition Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Hint - he leaves the running competition last seen in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TRACE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TRACE Hint - he leaves the running competition (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 30, 2024
6% CLUE Hint (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 27, 2025
6% ALLUDINGTO Hinting at (10) Newsday Nov 21, 2025
6% TIP Hint (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 18, 2025
6% IVEGOTYOUCOVERED "Leave it to me" … and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle (16) New York Times Nov 10, 2025
5% RAPBATTLE Competition with freestyling (9) USA Today Nov 23, 2025
5% TINGE Hint of colour (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 22, 2025
5% THIRD Bronze position in a competition (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 22, 2025
5% AMOK Run ___ (4) USA Today Nov 21, 2025
5% SAW "He came, he ___, he conquered" (3)

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