Lies ahead
The crossword clue "Lies ahead" is answered by AWAITS, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AWAITS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AWAITS answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AWAITS
Every other clue in this collection answered by AWAITS, most used first.
- Looks forward to - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Anticipates - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Expects - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Watches for - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Is in store for - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Looks for - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Stands by for - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Is in store - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Stands ready for - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Go-ahead - ASSENT, used 20 times
- Ahead - ONWARD, used 15 times
- Give the go-ahead - ASSENT, used 9 times
- Gave the go-ahead - OKAYED, used 7 times
- Opposite of ahead - ASTERN, used 6 times
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