Answer: PHOTOFINISH
PHOTOFINISH is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 18 times.
Referring Clues:
- Racetrack drama
 - Close race (and a hint to 17-, 31-, and 47-Across)
 - Very close ending
 - Glossy or matte, e.g.
 - Narrow victory, or a feature of 17-, 29- and 47-Across
 - Race decided by a camera, or what the start of 17-, 26- or 42-Across literally is
 - O
 - Close race
 - Glossy or matte
 - What the letter O is?
 - Need for a close race in the maze?
 - Dead heat at Belmont, say
 - End of a close race
 - Graph or copy
 - End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be
 - Racetrack nail-biter
 - Very close race, and what 17-, 26- and 41-Across have in common
 - Outcome of a close race
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - September 26, 2025
 - LA Times - December 01, 2020
 - USA Today - September 10, 2018
 - LA Times - June 13, 2018
 - New York Times - November 20, 2017
 - USA Today - December 27, 2016
 - Universal - October 17, 2015
 - USA Today - September 23, 2014
 - Universal - September 09, 2013
 - Washington Post - August 07, 2013
 - Washington Post - June 19, 2012
 - LA Times - July 18, 2011
 - Universal - February 17, 2011
 - LA Times - April 05, 2010
 - Universal - June 30, 2009
 - USA Today - May 08, 2007
 - Washington Post - October 12, 2006
 
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