Leading in the game
The crossword clue "Leading in the game" is answered by AHEAD, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- In advance. - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- 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
- 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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- Video game pioneer - ATARI, used 169 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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