Related Clues:

• Eliminating rounds of a race
• Springtime meltdowns
• Warms up in the oven
• Warms up for the preliminary races
• Race prelims
• Adds thermal energy to
• Culinary changes of state
• Begins to get exciting, with 'up'
• Warms up, as dinner
• Intensifies, with "up"
• Track races
• Provides warmth to
• Warms sweetheart wearing top coverings
• Warms up for rounds of races
• Initially turns hotter after winter season