Set the pace
The crossword clue "Set the pace" is answered by LED, a 3-letter entry. Used 40 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 10 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 40 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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
- Took charge - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Was a pioneer - used 44 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
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- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
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- "___ 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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