Lead-in to gender
The crossword clue "Lead-in to gender" is answered by CIS, a 3-letter entry. Used 15 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CIS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CIS answer page.
Used 15 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by CIS, most used first.
- Prefix with gender - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Not trans - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- USSR successor - used 33 times, most recently in 2018
- Opposite of trans - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Prefix for "gender" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Gender prefix - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- U.S.S.R. successor - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- On this side: Prefix. - used 12 times, most recently in 1990
- On this side of: Prefix. - used 10 times, most recently in 1991
- Grafton's "__ for Corpse" - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Sue Grafton's "___ for Corpse" - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- "___ for Cookie" ("Sesame Street" song) - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- La-la lead-in - TRA, used 225 times
- Carte lead-in - ALA, used 139 times
- Gender - SEX, used 115 times
- Lanka lead-in - SRI, used 71 times
- Holiday lead-in - EVE, used 63 times
- La-la lead-in - OOH, used 50 times
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