In advance.
The crossword clue "In advance." is answered by AHEAD, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AHEAD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AHEAD answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- UPFRONT (3 uses in xd)
- AHEADOFTIME (2 uses in xd)
- BEFOREHAND (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for AHEAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by AHEAD, most used first.
- In the lead - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
- Leading - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Winning - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- In the future - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- In front - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Out in front - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Leading the pack - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Coming up - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- "Full steam ___!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- In first place - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Still to come - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Down the road - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Forward - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
- On the horizon - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Yet to come - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- In the offing - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- In the van - used 13 times, most recently in 1993
- Up - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- One way to set a clock - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- "Full speed ___!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- On top - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- To come - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Currently in the lead - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Leading in the game - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Onward - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Per person - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Road-sign word - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Coming soon - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Directly in front - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- On track to win - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Winning, for the moment - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Advance furtively - SIDLE, used 16 times
- In advance - EARLY, used 14 times
- Advance slowly - CREEP, used 10 times
- Advance in age - GETON, used 8 times
- Advance warning - ALERT, used 8 times
- Arrange in advance - SETUP, used 7 times
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