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Compete against the clock

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword July 12, 2026 Answers

The LA Times Daily Crossword puzzle from July 12, 2026 featured the clue "Compete against the clock", and we've found 136 potential answers for it. Our analysis points to RACE as the most likely solution — it's 4 letters long and matches with 99% confidence. All potential answers are ranked below for your convenience.

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136 Other Potential Answers

99%
RACE
Compete against the clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
10%
OUTOFTIME
No longer racing against the clock
Universal Crossword · Nov 26, 2023
5%
XII
Number on an old clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2026
5%
AAAS
Small clock inserts
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
5%
DOOR
Cuckoo clock part
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 19, 2026
5%
FACEMASKS
Protections against respiratory illnesses
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2026
5%
ANTI
Voting against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
5%
AMPM
Letters not found on a 24-hour clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
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FOR
Not against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
5%
LAPSAT
Splashes gently against
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 29, 2026
5%
SUE
Take legal action against
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2026
5%
ANALOG
Like Big Ben's clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 23, 2026
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WORKING
*With 19-Across, exceeding 40 weekly hours on the clock
Universal Crossword · Apr 8, 2026
5%
NAY
Vote against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 26, 2026
5%
EPSONS
Printers that compete with Canons
Universal Crossword · Feb 21, 2026
5%
CAKEBATTER
Baking mixture that the CDC advises against eating raw
Universal Crossword · Feb 14, 2026
5%
FACED
Competed against
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
5%
AARP
Org. working against age discrimination
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 6, 2026
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TAKEABREAK
Advice for someone working around the clock
Universal Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
5%
NAYS
Votes against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
5%
CON
Point against
Universal Crossword · Nov 24, 2025
5%
ABUT
Be up against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 7, 2025
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EARLY
With time left on the clock
Universal Crossword · Oct 30, 2025
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SIEGED
Waged a long campaign against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 15, 2025
5%
ABRADE
Grate against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 14, 2025
5%
PST
LAX clock setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 12, 2025
5%
TAKESASTAND
Holds firm against opposition
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 6, 2025
5%
RESENTS
Holds a grudge against
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
5%
LEANON
Rest against
Universal Crossword · Aug 11, 2025
5%
MASER
Atomic clock part
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 5, 2025
5%
THE
Go against ___ grain
Universal Crossword · Jun 29, 2025
5%
EBB
Go against the flow?
Universal Crossword · Jun 6, 2025
5%
RESET
Change after a blackout, as a clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
5%
OPENTO
Not necessarily against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
5%
LEAPSECOND
Tiny tweak to an atomic clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 25, 2025
5%
HASGAME
Can compete with the best
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2025
5%
REBUT
Argue against
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 19, 2025
5%
BUFFALODING
Penalty against the Bills?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
5%
JETLAG
Body clock confusion
Universal Crossword · Feb 21, 2025
5%
PETA
Org. against bullfights
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 9, 2025
5%
OPPOSE
Go up against
Universal Crossword · Jan 28, 2025
5%
SUES
Brings legal action against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 23, 2025
5%
NOHITS
Pitches extremely well against
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 5, 2025
5%
FLAV
Rapper with a clock necklace, familiarly
Universal Crossword · Dec 23, 2024
5%
TAKEON
Go up against
Universal Crossword · Dec 16, 2024
5%
LEANINGSUPPLIES
Equipment propped up against a wall?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 15, 2024
5%
TRE
Rightmost number on an Italian clock
Universal Crossword · Dec 10, 2024
5%
LAPAT
Wash against, as the shore
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 10, 2024
5%
TWICE
How many times a day a stopped clock is right
Universal Crossword · Nov 27, 2024
5%
ATBAT
Turn against the pitcher?
Universal Crossword · Oct 26, 2024
5%
READBANNEDBOOKS
Slogan against literary censorship
Universal Crossword · Oct 19, 2024
5%
PENDULUM
Swinging clock part
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 10, 2024
5%
III
Three, on a grandfather clock
Universal Crossword · Oct 9, 2024
5%
RATON
Inform against
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Oct 3, 2024
5%
OPPOSES
Stands against
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 2, 2024
5%
ALARM
Bedside clock feature
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2024
5%
PEROT
Ross who ran against Clinton
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 22, 2024
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HADITINFOR
Plotted against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2024
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RESETS
Fixes, as a clock
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Aug 5, 2024
5%
OHIO
State home to the world's largest cuckoo clock
Universal Crossword · Jul 23, 2024
5%
DEFY
Go against, as gravity
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2024
5%
AUTOSAVED
Routinely insured against a crash
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 6, 2024
5%
OREO
Cookie created to compete with Hydrox
Universal Crossword · Jul 4, 2024
5%
USESON
Employs against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2024
5%
LOST
Played scissors against rock, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 20, 2024
5%
RESIST
Fight against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 10, 2024
5%
TIMED
On the clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2024
5%
SECONDHANDS
Plural of "used"? No, "clock tickers"!
Universal Crossword · May 31, 2024
5%
ABUTS
Runs up against?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 8, 2024
5%
BEDSIDE
Alarm clock location, maybe
Universal Crossword · Apr 29, 2024
5%
AAS
Wall clock inserts
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2024
5%
GEAR
Around the clock worker?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2024
5%
FACE
Front part of a clock
Universal Crossword · Apr 15, 2024
5%
EPA
Org. against pollution
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 14, 2024
5%
SAFEGUARDS
Rails against failure?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 10, 2024
5%
RESENT
Hold a grudge against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 5, 2024
5%
TAKENON
Gone up against
Universal Crossword · Feb 17, 2024
5%
DAYTIRADE
Rant against the sun?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 11, 2024
5%
TIME
What a clock keeps
Universal Crossword · Feb 8, 2024
5%
RIVALED
Competed against
Universal Crossword · Feb 2, 2024
5%
USEON
Employ against
Universal Crossword · Jan 15, 2024
5%
EST
Winter clock setting in NYC
Universal Crossword · Jan 15, 2024
5%
ASEA
"... against __ of troubles": Hamlet
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 13, 2024
5%
PIT
Set (against)
Universal Crossword · Jan 10, 2024
5%
PRAGUE
European capital with a medieval astronomical clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 9, 2024
5%
INTO
Not against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2024
5%
ENTRYFEE
Cost to compete
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 1, 2024
5%
NAYSAY
Come out against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 1, 2024
5%
ANTAGONIST
The opposite of one who is not against?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 29, 2023
5%
CENTRALTIME
Midwestern clock setting ... and a hint to what can follow the start and precede the end of each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Dec 14, 2023
5%
CONS
Reasons against
Universal Crossword · Dec 10, 2023
5%
HIHOCHERRYO
Game in which players compete to collect plastic fruit
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 27, 2023
5%
OVERSLEEP
Ignore one's alarm clock
Universal Crossword · Nov 4, 2023
5%
REDSHIRTED
Practiced but did not compete
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 14, 2023
5%
RAWBATTER
Baking mixture that the CDC advises against eating
Universal Crossword · Oct 7, 2023
5%
REBEL
Rise up (against)
Universal Crossword · Sep 28, 2023
5%
RUPAULSDRAGRACE
Show where queens compete
Universal Crossword · Sep 3, 2023
5%
ANTIS
All those against
Universal Crossword · Aug 6, 2023
5%
NFL
Org. where Titans face off against Giants
Universal Crossword · Jul 29, 2023
5%
NBA
Org. that pits Grizzlies against Pelicans
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 16, 2023
5%
ITSNOTFAIR
"The odds are against me!"
Universal Crossword · Jul 1, 2023
5%
ACED
Scored against, as on a tennis serve
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 27, 2023
5%
IMUP
Grumpy response to an alarm clock
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jun 26, 2023
5%
DENOUNCE
Rail against
Premier Sunday Crossword · May 28, 2023
5%
UMP
Official calling pitch clock violations
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2023
5%
SIDE
For or against, in a debate
Universal Crossword · May 10, 2023
5%
ENDLESSMOVE
*Game delay prevented by a chess clock?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 5, 2023
5%
DISOBEY
Go against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2023
5%
EDT
Summer clock setting in NYC
Universal Crossword · Apr 21, 2023
5%
GMT
BBC clock setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 8, 2023
5%
LEANSINTO
Shifts body weight against
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 2, 2023
5%
ATWORK
On the clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 12, 2023
5%
FIGHTWITH
Battle alongside OR battle against?
Universal Crossword · Mar 3, 2023
5%
ANTICAPITALISM
Political movement against free enterprise, or a way of reading this puzzle's long answers?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 26, 2023
1%
ANALOGANALOGY
Like clockwork, e.g.?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2026
1%
ABLY
With competence
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
1%
ALUMSIDING
*Metallic house exterior (Read six letters in this answer counterclockwise, starting at letter three)
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2026
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BEEP
Microwave sound (Read four letters clockwise, starting with letter one in this answer)
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
TURNS
Rotates (Read eight letters clockwise, starting with letter one in this answer)
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
STARMAP
Astronomer's chart (Read four letters clockwise, starting with letter two in this answer)
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
INSCRUTABLE
Impossible to interpret (Read eight letters clockwise, starting with letter five in this answer)
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
ABLER
More competent
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2026
1%
NAAN
*Battery size for some wall clocks
Universal Crossword · Oct 10, 2025
1%
SPAIN
Western European country that the ice dancer Olivia Smart competes for
Universal Crossword · Oct 6, 2025
1%
DALI
"Melting clocks" painter Salvador
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2025
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JACKOFALLTRADES
One competent in many areas
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 15, 2024
1%
TURNORDER
*What might go clockwise in board games
Universal Crossword · Oct 4, 2024
1%
RAZOR
Five-o'clock shadow remover
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2024
1%
EAST
3 o'clock, on a map
Universal Crossword · Feb 29, 2024
1%
SECONDHANDNEWS
... for clockmakers?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 18, 2024
1%
ABLE
Far from incompetent
Universal Crossword · Sep 15, 2023
1%
INEPT
Not competent
Universal Crossword · Sep 12, 2023
1%
ATOMIC
Like some clocks
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Aug 23, 2023
1%
CASINO
Establishment with no windows or clocks, often
Universal Crossword · Jun 22, 2023
1%
THEFINALF
*March Madness quartet (Hint: At the end of each starred clue's answer, read clockwise)
Universal Crossword · May 17, 2023
1%
JUSTDOOMINGMYJOB
Employee's explanation for intentional incompetence?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 7, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "Compete against the clock" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 136 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is RACE (4 letters).
What is the best answer for "Compete against the clock"?
The best answer for "Compete against the clock" is RACE with 4 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Compete against the clock" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on July 12, 2026.
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