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LED

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LED answer page.

Used 93 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 21 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.

• USHERED (4 uses in xd)
• LEDIN (2 uses in xd)
• GUIDED (1 uses in xd)
• PIONEERED (1 uses in xd)
• SETTHEPACE (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
• 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

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
• By way of - VIA, used 728 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times

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