Crossword clues - Answer
LEADS
LEADS is a 5-letter crossword answer with 11 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 123 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LEADS
LEADS
5Letters
11Clues in collection
123Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for LEADS in this collection
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- Starring roles - used 21 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Is ahead - used 18 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Shows the way - used 15 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Goes first - used 11 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Main roles - used 11 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Top roles - used 10 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2023
- Detectives follow them - used 9 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Takes charge - used 8 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Clues, to a detective - used 7 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Sales prospects - used 7 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Clues - used 6 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2015
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