Detectives follow them
The crossword clue "Detectives follow them" is answered by LEADS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. 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
LEADS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEADS answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LEADS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEADS, most used first.
- Starring roles - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Is ahead - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Shows the way - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Goes first - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Main roles - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Top roles - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Takes charge - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Clues, to a detective - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sales prospects - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Clues - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Follow - ENSUE, used 383 times
- Follow as a result - ENSUE, used 91 times
- Follow, as advice - ACTON, used 61 times
- Follow - TRAIL, used 32 times
- Follow as a consequence - ENSUE, used 28 times
- You can count on them - ABACI, used 25 times
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