CD ancestors
The crossword clue "CD ancestors" is answered by LPS, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LPS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LPS answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. 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.
- CASSETTES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LPS, most used first.
- Vinyl records - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- CD predecessors - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- CD forerunners - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Vinyl records, for short - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- CDs' forerunners - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- CD precursors - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Records. - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Vinyl collection - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Collectible vinyl - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Old platters - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Vinyl albums, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Audiophile's collection - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- CDs' predecessors - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Forerunners of CDs - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Hi-fi platters - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Some records - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Old records - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Record Store Day purchases - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Records that may be broken - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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