Blue-ribbon position
The crossword clue "Blue-ribbon position" is answered by FIRST, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. 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
FIRST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FIRST answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FIRST
Every other clue in this collection answered by FIRST, most used first.
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- Gold medalist's place - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Leading - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Primary - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- "For starters ..." - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Initial - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- At the head of the line - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- In the lead - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- "Who's on ___?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Original - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Who's position - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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- True-blue - LOYAL, used 56 times
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