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Race against the clock

Last seen in Universal Crossword October 8, 2021 Answers

The Universal Crossword puzzle from October 8, 2021 featured the clue "Race against the clock", and we've found 167 potential answers for it. Our analysis points to TIMETRIAL as the most likely solution — it's 9 letters long and matches with 99% confidence. All potential answers are ranked below for your convenience.

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167 Other Potential Answers

99%
TIMETRIAL
Race against the clock
Universal Crossword · Oct 8, 2021
10%
RACE
Compete against the clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
5%
XII
Number on an old clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2026
5%
FASTEST
Like a race winner
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 16, 2026
5%
AAAS
Small clock inserts
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
5%
SACK
Picnic race bag
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 1, 2026
5%
RUN
Enter a race
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 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%
INDY
Annual May auto race, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 4, 2026
5%
AMPM
Letters not found on a 24-hour clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
5%
FOR
Not against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
5%
HARE
Fabled race loser
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 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%
TRI
Ironman race, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2026
5%
ANALOG
Like Big Ben's clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 23, 2026
5%
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%
ONEK
Short race, for short
Universal Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
5%
CAKEBATTER
Baking mixture that the CDC advises against eating raw
Universal Crossword · Feb 14, 2026
5%
PELOTON
Pack of cyclists in a race
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
5%
CROSSCOUNTRYSKIP
Jaunty coast-to-coast race?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
5%
NITRO
Drag race fuel
Universal Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
5%
RAT
__ race
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
5%
PIT
Spot for a race car driver to stop
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
5%
FACED
Competed against
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
5%
AARP
Org. working against age discrimination
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 6, 2026
5%
CONTESTTUBES
Inflatables ridden in a river race?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
5%
SPILL
Bike race fall
Universal Crossword · Jan 1, 2026
5%
USSR
Space race initials
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 21, 2025
5%
VAMPIREBATON
Feature of a "Twilight" relay race?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 14, 2025
5%
SOLARCARS
Vehicles that use rays to race
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
5%
ONELAP
Fraction of a NASCAR race
Universal Crossword · Dec 12, 2025
5%
LEMANS
French city known for a 24-hour car race
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 8, 2025
5%
TAKEABREAK
Advice for someone working around the clock
Universal Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
5%
WARMUPSTRETCHES
Routine before a race, or what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 3, 2025
5%
MAYORAL
Kind of local race
Universal Crossword · Nov 30, 2025
5%
NAYS
Votes against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
5%
CON
Point against
Universal Crossword · Nov 24, 2025
5%
HEAT
Preliminary race
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
5%
DASH
100-meter race, e.g.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 7, 2025
5%
ABUT
Be up against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 7, 2025
5%
PHOTOFINISH
Close call in a race, or what the answer to each starred clue has
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 4, 2025
5%
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%
SLALOM
Downhill ski race
Universal Crossword · Oct 8, 2025
5%
TAKESASTAND
Holds firm against opposition
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 6, 2025
5%
QUICKSANDCASTLE
Beach race outcome?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 26, 2025
5%
CARBOLOADED
Fueled up before a big race, or a description of the answers to the starred clues?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 19, 2025
5%
NAVI
"Avatar" race
Universal Crossword · Sep 2, 2025
5%
PLACE
Finish second in a horse race
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2025
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LEG
Section of a race
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 20, 2025
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RESENTS
Holds a grudge against
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
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LEANON
Rest against
Universal Crossword · Aug 11, 2025
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LASTLEGS
Final stretches of a race
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 13, 2025
5%
MASER
Atomic clock part
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 5, 2025
5%
THE
Go against ___ grain
Universal Crossword · Jun 29, 2025
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HEATS
Early rounds of a race
Universal Crossword · Jun 27, 2025
5%
HAREMARCH
Protest in support of the loser of a fabled race?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 13, 2025
5%
EBB
Go against the flow?
Universal Crossword · Jun 6, 2025
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OPENTO
Not necessarily against
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
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RESET
Change after a blackout, as a clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
5%
ELOI
"The Time Machine" race
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
5%
LEAPSECOND
Tiny tweak to an atomic clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 25, 2025
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HEADSTART
Advantage in a race, and what can be found in 16-, 33-, or 40-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 19, 2025
5%
OPPO
Intel collected during a race
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2025
5%
IDITAROD
Annual race from Anchorage to Nome
Universal Crossword · May 10, 2025
5%
RELAY
Track race
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 7, 2025
1%
BFF
One to share a matching bracelet with, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2026
1%
BANGLEANGLE
Reporter's approach to a story about a bracelet?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 17, 2026
1%
PACED
Retraced one's steps, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
1%
ASCOT
Tie at a racetrack?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2026
1%
ELEGANT
Gracefully refined
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2026
1%
SLALOMS
Ski races with gates
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 17, 2026
1%
WISP
Trace of smoke
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2026
1%
TIERED
Like the rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 5, 2026
1%
HAND
Appendage often traced to draw a turkey in art class
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 3, 2026
1%
BOBSLED
Gravity-powered racer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2026
1%
BEAD
Bracelet component
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
1%
ANKLE
Bracelet spot
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 2, 2026
1%
CHICANES
Sequences of tight turns on racecourses
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2026
1%
ANKLES
Spots for some bracelets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
1%
SWUM
Like some Olympic races
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2026
1%
PRAYS
Says grace, e.g.
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 31, 2026
1%
DASHES
Short races
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2026
1%
HUG
Embrace
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2026
1%
POWERCLASHING
Fashion trend that embraces a bold mix of patterns and colors, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 52-, and 62-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 19, 2026
1%
MAIDENS
Winless racehorses
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2026
1%
PRAY
Say grace, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2026
1%
TRIS
Swim/bike/run races, briefly
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2026
1%
ANALOGANALOGY
Like clockwork, e.g.?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2026
1%
DEVELOPINGSTORY
"Photographer Embraces Traditional Darkroom Techniques,” e.g.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2026
1%
HOLD
Embrace
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 22, 2026
1%
ORBIT
It's traced in space
Universal Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
1%
ALUMSIDING
*Metallic house exterior (Read six letters in this answer counterclockwise, starting at letter three)
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2026
1%
MARIO
Nintendo kart racer
Universal Crossword · Apr 8, 2026
1%
ELVIS
Graceland icon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
1%
SEE
Last word of the first verse of "Amazing Grace"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
1%
SWAN
Graceful lake bird
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 23, 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%
BEEP
Microwave sound (Read four letters clockwise, starting with letter one in this answer)
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
INDYCARS
Brickyard racers, casually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
TURNS
Rotates (Read eight letters clockwise, starting with letter one in this answer)
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
DRAPE
Fall gracefully
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 7, 2026
1%
LITHE
Gracefully flexible
Universal Crossword · Mar 6, 2026
1%
CLUMSY
Ungraceful
Universal Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
1%
ASHAMED
Fearing disgrace
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 27, 2026
1%
GOKARTS
Kids' racers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 25, 2026
1%
EPODE
Horace composition
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 18, 2026
1%
ACADIA
French colony that some Louisianans trace ancestry to
Universal Crossword · Feb 12, 2026
1%
TAPE
End of some races
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 6, 2026
1%
SLEDDOG
Iditarod racer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 5, 2026
1%
AAA
Duracell size
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 2, 2026
1%
STEELS
Braces (oneself)
Universal Crossword · Feb 2, 2026
1%
SEAN
Hayes of "Will & Grace"
Universal Crossword · Jan 28, 2026
1%
BETON
Back, as a racehorse
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
1%
TIMED
Like most races
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
1%
IUD
T-shaped contraceptive: Abbr.
Universal Crossword · Jan 14, 2026
1%
SVELTE
Gracefully slim
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 5, 2026
1%
AAS
Some Duracells
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 2, 2026
1%
WRISTS
Places for bracelets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 29, 2025
1%
KICKTHECANON
"Don't be afraid to embrace fan fiction!"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 14, 2025
1%
CHARM
Bracelet bauble
Universal Crossword · Dec 3, 2025
1%
ODES
Poems by Horace
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2025
1%
SEXED
Course covering contraception, for short
Universal Crossword · Nov 2, 2025
1%
BLACKSHEEP
Disgrace to a family
Universal Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
1%
AMISH
Pennsylvania sect that embraces simple living
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 31, 2025
1%
PHIL
Alpine skier Mahre who won 27 World Cup races
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
1%
OAF
Graceless person
Universal Crossword · Oct 21, 2025
1%
OWNIT
Embrace something embarrassing
Universal Crossword · Oct 21, 2025
1%
LUGES
Winter racers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 18, 2025
1%
NAAN
*Battery size for some wall clocks
Universal Crossword · Oct 10, 2025
1%
ARM
Limb where tefillin or bracelets are worn
Universal Crossword · Oct 5, 2025
1%
BLESSES
Says grace over, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 3, 2025
1%
GLAADAWARDS
Honors given to "Will & Grace" seven times
Universal Crossword · Sep 26, 2025
1%
DALI
"Melting clocks" painter Salvador
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2025
1%
CLASP
Bracelet fastener
Universal Crossword · Sep 22, 2025
1%
STIGMA
Mark of disgrace
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 2, 2025
1%
SILVERFOX
One who went gray gracefully
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
1%
TACT
Social grace
Universal Crossword · Aug 12, 2025
1%
SLOTCAR
Tiny track racer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2025
1%
TINGE
Trace of color
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 28, 2025
1%
PLAN
___ B (emergency contraceptive)
Universal Crossword · Jul 27, 2025
1%
MIKA
"Grace Kelly" singer
Universal Crossword · Jul 22, 2025
1%
BIGBANGLETHEORY
Hypothesis about the origin of oversized bracelets?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2025
1%
AMEN
Grace closer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2025
1%
GIRD
Brace (oneself)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 29, 2025
1%
ARS
Horace's "___ Poetica"
Universal Crossword · Jun 28, 2025
1%
LEE
Author and social activist Grace ___ Boggs
Universal Crossword · Jun 22, 2025
1%
YALE
Home of Grace Hopper College
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 12, 2025
1%
ELF
Graceful, long-lived being of fantasy
Universal Crossword · Jun 5, 2025
1%
SLEW
Seattle ___ (racehorse)
Universal Crossword · Jun 4, 2025
1%
MESS
"Embrace the glorious __ that you are": Elizabeth Gilbert
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2025
1%
BFFS
Chums with matching bracelets, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2025
1%
IRONY
A klutz named Grace, e.g.
Universal Crossword · Apr 25, 2025
1%
ROSS
"Black-ish" star Tracee Ellis __
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2025
1%
SORELOSER
Player who is not graceful in defeat
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 22, 2025
1%
SLAP
___ bracelets ('90s fad)
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2025
1%
DEBRA
Messing of “Will and Grace”
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 14, 2025
1%
ELLIS
"Black-ish" star Tracee __ Ross
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2025
1%
HOLDS
Embraces
Universal Crossword · Apr 4, 2025
1%
GIRDS
Braces (oneself)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2025

Clues for Universal Crossword on October 8, 2021

Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "Race against the clock" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 167 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is TIMETRIAL (9 letters).
What is the best answer for "Race against the clock"?
The best answer for "Race against the clock" is TIMETRIAL with 9 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Race against the clock" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 2 times in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword, LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on October 8, 2021.
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