Leader of the pack
The crossword clue "Leader of the pack" is answered by ALPHA, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALPHA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALPHA answer page.
Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 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.
- ALPHADOG (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALPHA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALPHA, most used first.
- First Greek letter - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Dominant - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Omega's opposite - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
- Top dog - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Greek leader? - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- First letter - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- __-Bits (letter-shaped cereal) - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Greek letter - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
- Letter before beta - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- A, as in Athens - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Socially dominant - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Series opener - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Beginning - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
- First in a series - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Greek vowel - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Constellation's brightest star - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Homer's first letter - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- ___ male - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- ___ Centauri - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Pack leader - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Aristotle's A - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- First letter of the Greek alphabet - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Generation after Z - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Dominant male - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- First of a series - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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