Is ahead
The crossword clue "Is ahead" is answered by LEADS, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 8 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 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SETSTHEPACE (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Detectives follow them - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Ahead of time - EARLY, used 50 times
- Ahead of schedule - EARLY, used 43 times
- Gives the go-ahead - OKAYS, used 26 times
- "Go ahead, ask" - TRYME, used 24 times
- Barely ahead - UPONE, used 20 times
- Ahead - ONTOP, used 17 times
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