Called the shots
The crossword clue "Called the shots" is answered by LED, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LED
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LED answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 9 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.
- RULED (5 uses in xd)
- DICTATED (1 uses in xd)
- DIRECTED (1 uses in xd)
- RANPOINT (1 uses in xd)
- RANTHESHOW (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LED
Every other clue in this collection answered by LED, most used first.
- Conducted - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
- Was ahead - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Went first - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- Guided - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Showed the way - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Spearheaded - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Started - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in front - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Headed up - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Zeppelin - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Went ahead - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in first place - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Directed - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Took charge - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Was a pioneer - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in charge of - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Set the pace - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Commanded - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Played the first card - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Blazed a trail - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Was winning - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Headed - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Took charge of - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Took by the hand - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Took the reins - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Was in charge - used 24 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 past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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