Was a leadfoot

The answer

SPED

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPED answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SPED

Every other clue in this collection answered by SPED, most used first.

• Raced - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
• Drove too fast - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Went fast - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• Hurried - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Tore - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Floored it - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Risked a ticket - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Zoomed - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Ignored the limit - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Hightailed it - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Put the pedal to the metal - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Went too fast - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Zipped - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Exceeded the limit - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Made haste - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Rushed - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Drove fast - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Hastened - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
• Made tracks - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
• Went quickly - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Flew - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Went over the limit - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Hied - used 23 times, most recently in 2012
• Stepped on it - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Went lickety-split - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• Burned rubber - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
• Expedited - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Hotfooted it - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
• Didn't dillydally - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Earned a ticket - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Accelerated - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Went really fast - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Went like the wind - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Dashed - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Moved quickly - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Risked a citation - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Went 90 - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Went very fast - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Drove 90 mph - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Drove over the limit - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Earned a citation? - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Hustled - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Zipped along - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Ran - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Barreled along - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Hurried along - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Moved rapidly - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Scurried - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Traveled quickly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Whizzed - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Flouted the limit - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Had a heavy foot - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Lost no time - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Really moved - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Risked getting a ticket - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Risked getting pulled over - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Took off - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Wasted no time - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Went like the dickens - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Went rapidly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Went swiftly - 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.

• "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
• "When I was ___ . . . " - ALAD, used 96 times
• Was aware of - KNEW, used 70 times
• Was in debt - OWED, used 69 times
• Was in the red - OWED, used 68 times
• "That was close!" - WHEW, used 50 times

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