What might beat you to blowing out the candles on the cake? Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DESSERTWIND What might beat you to blowing out the candles on the cake? (11) Wall Street Journal Aug 29, 2017
8% BDAY Time to blow out the candles on a cake, informally (4) New York Times Oct 20, 2025
7% BDAYS Occasions to blow out candles and cut cakes, informally (5)
6% HOTGOSSIP What might be dished out at a meal? (9) USA Today Sep 14, 2025
6% AGE Number of cake candles (3)
6% THUMP Beat with heavy blows (5) Puzzler Backwords Jul 14, 2025
5% INOR "Are you __ out?" (4) Newsday Oct 26, 2025
5% DRE Beats by __ (3) LA Times Daily Oct 16, 2025
5% LTR What you might write when in "love," for short (3)
5% ROE What might be smelt? (3) New York Times Oct 11, 2025

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