Opening part of athletics meet failing to start Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Opening part of athletics meet failing to start featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on October 13, 2026. 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is VENT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% VENT Opening part of athletics meet failing to start (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 13, 2026
3% PASS Fail to fail (4) Thomas Joseph Oct 9, 2026
3% ISNT Fails to be (4) LA Times Daily Sep 29, 2026
3% INFIRM Part of company that's failing (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 28, 2026
3% ALLELSE "If ___ fails ..." (7) Universal Sep 16, 2026
3% HOOTS Laughs loudly as fires fail to start (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 9, 2026
3% ORAL In respect of failing to start a Latin exam (4) (4) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 9, 2026
3% BEAN Pulse started where heart fails? (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Aug 22, 2026
3% DORMER Window key earlier failing to open (6) The Times Cryptic Aug 4, 2026
2% OLYMPIANS Elite athletes (9) Commuter Oct 13, 2026

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