falsestart
- Reason to go back to the block
- Reason for a dash do-over
- Race infraction
- Putting 7:00 on the invite, but not actually getting home until 7:30?
- Onset of a lie?
- Gun jumper's infraction
- Feigned response to a loud noise?
- Athletic infraction ... or what occurs at the beginning of this puzzle's four theme answers, both across and down
- *Onset of a lie?
- Running too quickly?
- Reason for a track delay
- Not the true origin of race?
- Invalid setting off after lass, excited and tense
- The host who tapped the keg before everyone got there was called for a ...
- Sprinter's infraction, and a hint to the starred answers' first words
- Sprint malfunction