Was a pioneer
The crossword clue "Was a pioneer" is answered by LED, a 3-letter entry. Used 44 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 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 44 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 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.
- BLAZEDNEWTRAILS (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
- Took charge - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Set the pace - used 40 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
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.
- "-- was saying ..." - ASI, used 395 times
- "How was ___ know?" - ITO, used 164 times
- Color TV pioneer - RCA, used 142 times
- Was introduced to - MET, used 86 times
- Ambient music pioneer Brian - ENO, used 59 times
- "What was ___ think?" - ITO, used 55 times
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