Speed contests(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Speed contests”, taken from the Evening Standard's Easy crossword on 20th January 2026.

The answer is

R A C E S

5 letters · most recently seen on 20th January 2026

Other clues that solve to RACES

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#15 across Speed contests (5) 13th August 2026
#10 across Bad scare for many people (5) 26th February 2026
#15 down Speed contests (5) 20th January 2026
#27 down Runs against others (5) 25th October 2025
#27 down Speed contests (5) 2nd October 2025
#38 across Speed contests (5) 4th September 2025
#13 down Speed contests (5) 21st August 2025
#15 across Speed contests (5) 7th August 2025
#17 down Speed contests (5) 3rd July 2025
#13 down Contests for red-headed air experts? (5) 3rd April 2025
#38 across Speed contests (5) 15th January 2025
#27 down Can you win them if you have the right cards? (5) 27th November 2024
#17 down Competes in providing good services at a tourist centre (5) 25th June 2024
#12 across Speed contests (5) 18th June 2024
#16 down In which, competitively, a raw beginner leads the winners? (5) 30th May 2024
#15 across Speed contests (5) 22nd February 2024
#15 across Rushes around causing a scare (5) 9th October 2023
#10 across Speed contests (5) 17th May 2023
#16 across Speed contests (5) 11th January 2023
#27 down Could a raw beginner at cards possibly win them? (5) 19th December 2022
#28 down Speed contests (5) 10th August 2022
#27 down Speed contests (5) 3rd August 2022
#10 across Competitive people? (5) 7th March 2022
#14 down Goes fast, possibly to scare (5) 23rd November 2021
#15 across Speed contests (5) 19th July 2021
#10 across Bad scare for many people (5) 9th November 2020
#15 down Speed contests (5) 2nd September 2020
#27 down Runs against others (5) 15th April 2020
#27 down Speed contests (5) 9th March 2020
#38 across Speed contests (5) 20th January 2020
#13 down Speed contests (5) 25th December 2019
#15 across Speed contests (5) 9th December 2019
#37 across Runs against others (5) 17th June 2019
#17 down Speed contests (5) 1st April 2019
#13 down Contests for red headed airmen? (5) 1st January 2019
#38 across Speed contests (5) 8th October 2018
#27 down Can you win them if you have the right cards? (5) 3rd September 2018
#17 down Competes in providing good services at a tourist centre (5) 9th April 2018
#12 across Speed contests (5) 26th March 2018

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