Related Clues

• Advantage, of a sort
• Racer's edge
• What each word in 18-, 20-, 34- and 51-Across could be considered
• Dessert for Edith?
• Early education program
• School readiness program and a hint to this puzzle's theme
• Unfair advantage (and a hint to 17-, 28-, and 49-Across)
• Early edge
• Early advantage
• Certain unfair advantage
• What a slow person may need
• Racer's edge, or the ends of 17-, 23-, 39- and 49-Across, unflatteringly
• What a slow runner may need
• Initial advantage
• Advantage at the outset
• Competitive advantage
• Advantageous position
• Publicity for model in middle available if you're quick off the mark
• Initial advantage when the master's acrimonious
• Ambassador notices sharp edge