Lead-in to bad news
The crossword clue "Lead-in to bad news" is answered by IFEAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IFEAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IFEAR answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for IFEAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by IFEAR, most used first.
- "My concern is ..." - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- "Sorry to say . . ." - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- "Alas ..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- ". . . unfortunately" - used 7 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 lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Go bad - SPOIL, used 77 times
- News summary - RECAP, used 64 times
- Bad lighting? - ARSON, used 60 times
- Get the lead out? - ERASE, used 51 times
- Bad habits - VICES, used 46 times
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