Took charge

The answer

LED

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

Used 47 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 16 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 (2 uses in xd)
• HEADED (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
• 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

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.

• Took a load off - SAT, used 198 times
• Service charge - FEE, used 186 times
• Took a chair - SAT, used 149 times
• Took the title - WON, used 61 times
• Lawyer's charge - FEE, used 59 times
• It's not free of charge - ION, used 48 times

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