"Qualifying" races (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">qualifying races</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for heats that I've seen before include "Warms up for the preliminary races" , "Eliminating rounds in a contest" , "Eliminating rounds of a race" , "Makes hot or warm" , "Haste (anag.)" .)
(Other definitions for eats that I've seen before include "bits of food" , "fare" , "worrying" , "Scoff" , "Food (informal)" .)