Ahead
The crossword clue "Ahead" is answered by ONTOP, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ONTOP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONTOP answer page.
Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 10 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.
- INTHELEAD (5 uses in xd)
- ONWARDS (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for ONTOP
Every other clue in this collection answered by ONTOP, most used first.
- Leading - used 66 times, most recently in 2024
- Winning - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- In first place - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Victorious - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Successful - used 40 times, most recently in 2015
- In the lead - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Dominant - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Leading the league - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- "__ of Old Smokey" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- At the summit - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Leading the pack - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- "__ of Old Smoky" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Leading the field - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sitting pretty - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- At the peak - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Good way to go out - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Triumphant - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Ahead of the pack - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- In the lead: 2 wds. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Numero uno - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Ahead of time - EARLY, used 50 times
- Ahead of schedule - EARLY, used 43 times
- Gives the go-ahead - OKAYS, used 26 times
- "Go ahead, ask" - TRYME, used 24 times
- Barely ahead - UPONE, used 20 times
- Is ahead - LEADS, used 18 times
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