Word "LEAD" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
be in charge of
Synonyms:
head

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the introductory section of a story
Synonyms:
lead-in, lede
Examples:
it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
take somebody somewhere
Synonyms:
conduct, direct, guide, take
Examples:
We lead him to our chief

Crossword Clues for LEAD

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Starring role in a movie
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 13 Apr 2026
Go first LA Times Daily 05 Apr 2026
Pencil refill Commuter 01 Apr 2026
Starring role Commuter 30 Mar 2026
Heavy malleable metal
Be ahead in a race (4) Mirror Classic 26 Mar 2026
Be in front during the futile advance (4) Puzzler Cryptic 14 Mar 2026
Spearhead Newsday 13 Mar 2026
What first has over second New York Times 07 Mar 2026
Chemical element; symbol Pb (4) Mirror Quiz 03 Mar 2026
Pb, in chemistry The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 25 Feb 2026
Be at the top of the medal standings, say USA Today 21 Feb 2026
Radiation shielding element Universal 20 Feb 2026
Part of a pencil Commuter 19 Feb 2026
Element with the symbol "Pb"
Starring role Commuter 18 Feb 2026
Heavy metal (4) Mirror Classic 14 Feb 2026
Pb The Telegraph Quick 12 Feb 2026
Heavy metal Commuter 05 Feb 2026
Escort begs to take clothes off The Times Cryptic 03 Feb 2026
Starring role Newsday 28 Jan 2026
Tip New York Times 23 Jan 2026
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 21 Jan 2026
Biggest role in a play Universal 17 Jan 2026
Clue for a detective Wall Street Journal 17 Jan 2026
Heavy metal Commuter 15 Jan 2026
Periodic table's Pb
Go in front (4) Puzzler 08 Jan 2026
Starring role in a movie
Chemical element; symbol Pb (4) Mirror Quiz 26 Dec 2025
Metal cable The Telegraph Toughie 25 Dec 2025
Be in charge Commuter 24 Dec 2025
Spearhead Premier Sunday 21 Dec 2025
Show the way LA Times Daily 21 Dec 2025
Go first Newsday 19 Dec 2025
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 16 Dec 2025
Heavy metal whose symbol is Pb
Heavy metal (4) Mirror Classic 15 Dec 2025
Bad deal on metal (4) Mirror Cryptic 08 Dec 2025
Element (4) Mirror Quick 08 Dec 2025
Metal star The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Nov 2025
Kryptonite blocker LA Times Daily 21 Nov 2025
Opposite of follow USA Today Quick 19 Nov 2025
Pencil filling
Boy bored by electronic heavy metal The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Nov 2025
Be in front Commuter 27 Oct 2025
Metal guide (4) Mirror Cryptic 25 Oct 2025
Element (4) Mirror Quick 25 Oct 2025
Heavy metal star The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Oct 2025
Heavy metal (4) Mirror Classic 15 Oct 2025
Starring role Commuter 13 Oct 2025
"___ by example" (show the way)
Poisonous metal - tip (4) The Guardian Quick 04 Oct 2025
Possible sales opportunity Newsday 02 Oct 2025
Act as a guide Commuter 01 Oct 2025
Pencil part Thomas Joseph 23 Sep 2025
Element with the symbol Pb The Atlantic 23 Sep 2025
Pilot Premier Sunday 21 Sep 2025
Dangerous additive in old paint New York Times 21 Sep 2025
Starring role Commuter 16 Sep 2025
A-lister's film role, most likely The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 06 Sep 2025
Starring role
Its symbol is Pb New York Times 02 Sep 2025
Main role LA Times Daily 01 Sep 2025
Principal role Newsday 31 Aug 2025
Be in charge Commuter 16 Aug 2025
Its chemical symbol is Pb Wall Street Journal 11 Aug 2025
Pb The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 01 Aug 2025
Chemical element; symbol Pb (4) Mirror Quiz 31 Jul 2025
Take the reins, say Universal 25 Jul 2025
Chemical element with the symbol Pb The Telegraph Mini 20 Jul 2025
Dense metal leash (4)
Take to be a clue (4)
It's heavy though possibly used as a light attachment
Metal guide (4) Mirror Cryptic 16 Jul 2025
Element (4) Mirror Quick 16 Jul 2025
Chemical element 82, whose principal ore is galena (4)
Main role LA Times Daily 13 Jul 2025
Show others the way
What made the pencil so heavy? (4)
Starring role USA Today 06 Jul 2025
Plays a flashing guitar? (4)
Live heavy metal The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Jul 2025
Guide USA Today Quick 30 Jun 2025
Silvery-grey metal obtained from the mineral galena (4)
Go ahead LA Times Daily 26 Jun 2025
Starring role Commuter 23 Jun 2025
Metal with a relatively low melting point (4)
Old BBC Jack Dee sitcom, ___- Balloon (4)
Show one the way to influence people (4)
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 09 Jun 2025
Metal guide (4) Mirror Cryptic 08 Jun 2025
Element (4) Mirror Quick 08 Jun 2025
Starring role Commuter 03 Jun 2025
In the first place, it's really heavy (4)
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 01 Jun 2025
Element Mirror Quick 01 Jun 2025
Heavy metal; guide (4)
Periodic table's Pb
Starring role LA Times Daily 23 May 2025
Heavy metal headliner
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 21 May 2025
Element Mirror Quick 21 May 2025
It's taken to be exemplary
Guide The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2025
Show the way
Heavy metal from humble admirer The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2025
Go first Newsday 08 May 2025
Element Mirror Quick 29 Apr 2025
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 29 Apr 2025
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 23 Apr 2025
Main role Thomas Joseph 22 Apr 2025
What made the Airedale's tail wag? (4)
Element Mirror Quick 22 Apr 2025
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 22 Apr 2025
Metal The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 19 Apr 2025
Bluish-white metallic element used as a radiation shield (4)
Metal show (4)
Be first to make an emotional appeal after losing head (4) The Guardian Quick 12 Apr 2025
Be first to make an emotional appeal after losing head (4) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 12 Apr 2025
Show the way Universal 09 Apr 2025
Metal whose symbol is Pb Universal 08 Apr 2025
Metal restraint (4)
Head up LA Times Daily 02 Apr 2025
Be ahead (4) The Telegraph Quick 31 Mar 2025
Start with heavy metal (4)
Play first Newsday 27 Mar 2025
Biggest role in a play Universal 26 Mar 2025
Word followed by Balloon - title of a Jack Dee sitcom from 2006-11 (4)
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 22 Mar 2025
Element with a symbol derived from plumbum The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Mar 2025
What does slacker swing? Strap The Telegraph Toughie 19 Mar 2025
Eastern boy about to become a star (4)
Be in charge Commuter 15 Mar 2025
Dance drama starring Antonio Banderas fiom 2006, Take the ___- (4)
Metal in first place
Be in the van of 'Heavy Metal' (4)
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 13 Mar 2025
Top-billed performer Universal 11 Mar 2025
Guide from the front
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 10 Mar 2025
Heavy Metal youngster involving first of Edwardians (4)
Lone karaoke part
Go first
Go ahead, boy. Insert the key (4)
Element that Alice Hamilton sought to remove from gasoline
Find plumb in a circle advantageous (4)
Soft metal to conduct The Sun Two Speed 28 Feb 2025
Graphite The Sun Two Speed 28 Feb 2025
It seems an advantage if you can swing it (4)
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 26 Feb 2025
Element Mirror Quick 26 Feb 2025
English boy about to become a star (4)
Be first in the field at Land's End
Metal in some old ceramic
Be ahead with heavy metal
Pencil's inner
Fish, say, sardine with leg after mutation? (4,6) The Guardian Cryptic 12 Feb 2025
Starring role
Show someone the way (4)
Heavy metal Thomas Joseph 05 Feb 2025
Heavy metal youngster absorbing first of experiences (4)
Be ahead in a race (4) Mirror Classic 01 Feb 2025
Heavy metal boy holds note (4) The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2025
Graphite The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2025
A deal in heavy metal?
Starring role
Be at the front The Times Concise 31 Jan 2025
Element with the symbol Pb USA Today 29 Jan 2025
Soft metallic element; symbol Pb (4)
Guide dog is attached to it (4)
Starring role Commuter 24 Jan 2025
What are fishing sinkers usually made of? (4)
Ahead with heavy metal?
Just the sort of role for the "heavy"? (4)
First guitarist for heavy metal? The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Jan 2025
What you have for your dog - a pointer (4)
Pencil part that's now made of graphite
Be first with a metallic element
Church roof metal The Sun Mini 03 Jan 2025
Metal Pb
A clue by cable, apparently (4)
Pencil part Thomas Joseph 01 Jan 2025
Be first to become a star (4)
Pencil graphite, eg
Star's role
Start the card game when deal is over (4)
Go ahead Wall Street Journal 18 Dec 2024
Take you to the van (4)
It may be taken - from church roofs? (4)
Induce th boy to grab the key (4)
Cheap metal, and the first step in this puzzle's word chain
It's heavy, but possibly used as a light attachment (4)
Pencil's marking substance
Pb is the chemical symbol for which element? (4)
Best part of the metal
Metal, symbol Pb (4)
Be in charge Commuter 18 Nov 2024
The French, in the modern era, are first
Starring role, in a movie
Starring role in a movie
Main conductor of electricity (4)
Pencil graphite, informally
Primary conductor of electricity (4)
Very soft metal
Pb is the chemical symbol for what? (4)
Cord for restraining a dog
Metal in the first place (4)
Heavy stuff gets first place (4)
Element Mirror Quick 30 Oct 2024
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 30 Oct 2024
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 26 Oct 2024
Show the way of the current flow? (4)
Element Mirror Quick 23 Oct 2024
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 23 Oct 2024
Starring role in the French commercial (4)
Metal is always out at the front (4)
Grey heavy metal
Take charge of field day (4) The Guardian Cryptic 10 Oct 2024
Kryptonite shield Wall Street Journal 05 Oct 2024
Metallic element; symbol Pb (4)
Guiding indication
Pencil's middle
Direct current is supplied by it
Star(4)
Be in charge Universal 24 Sep 2024
It's heavy though possibly a light attachment
Pb (4) The Guardian Quick 19 Sep 2024
Pencil graphite, by another name
Element Mirror Quick 17 Sep 2024
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 17 Sep 2024
Bluishgrey metal (4)
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 15 Sep 2024
Element Mirror Quick 15 Sep 2024
Metal to act as a conductor (4)
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 11 Sep 2024
Shot guide (4) The Guardian Quiptic 09 Sep 2024
Shot guide (4) The Guardian Quiptic 08 Sep 2024
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 07 Sep 2024
Metal connection to a switch (4)
The English boy is about to get ahead of the others (4)
Starring role LA Times Daily 01 Sep 2024
Does it take precedence over other metals? (4)
Principal metal
"___ by example" (show the way)
Malleable metal LA Times Daily 25 Aug 2024
Metal The Telegraph Quick 14 Aug 2024
"__ the way!" Commuter 12 Aug 2024
Guide, like a dance partner USA Today 07 Aug 2024
Starring role
Guide USA Today Quick 03 Aug 2024
Pb USA Today Quick 02 Aug 2024
___ by example USA Today 30 Jul 2024
Play the first card after a misdeal?
"___ by example"
Heavy metal Mirror Classic 17 Jul 2024
A pointer made the Airedale's tail wag (4)
Anonymous tip
Heavy role for an actor
Soft heavy metal (4)
This metal takes the first place (4)
Graphite The Sun Two Speed 05 Jul 2024
Heavy metal guitar The Sun Two Speed 05 Jul 2024
Direct actor in starring role The Telegraph Toughie 04 Jul 2024
Metal to the fore (4)
Show the way Wall Street Journal 01 Jul 2024
Heavy metal Thomas Joseph 01 Jul 2024
Helpful information by cable
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 29 Jun 2024
Main role Thomas Joseph 28 Jun 2024
Element that pencils never actually contained
Direct one who has the star part (4)
Metallic element easily shaped
Guide The Telegraph Quick 17 Jun 2024
Pencil material that's actually made of graphite and clay New York Times Mini 16 Jun 2024
Go first
Pencil-filling material
The foremost metal? (4)
Get the ___ out (hurry)
Precede The Telegraph Mini 02 Jun 2024
Show the way LA Times Daily 31 May 2024
Start with German song for the audience (4)
Barrier for X-ray vision Family Time 26 May 2024
Periodic table's Pb
Cable a chap out East (4)
Heavy metal The Telegraph Quick 18 May 2024
Be in the front
A metal that will conduct (4)
Clue found in a drawer (4)
Main character TV 12 May 2024
Head up Premier Sunday 12 May 2024
Starring role in a movie
Metal for the van? (4)
Youngster takes on board first experience of heavy metal (4)
Pilot suggests heavy metal
Balloon material? Family Time 05 May 2024
Induce one to be a conductor (4)
Head up LA Times Daily 01 May 2024
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 30 Apr 2024
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 30 Apr 2024
A strip of leather - or metal (4)
Going to the front, as the thief on the roof is! (6,3,4) (see 3A)
Heavy soft metal (4)
Chief part in play
Pencil's core
Metal with symbol Pb (4)
Metal suitable as a conductor? (4)
Not copper, though it may well contain some
"Where you ___, I will follow" (4)
Starring role for the French publicity (4)
Bluish-white metallic element whose symbol is Pb (4)
Start with the French on In Our Time (4)
Chemical element whose symbol is Pb
Metal rule (4)
The sort of deal that will have heavy repercussions
Positive clue
Guide to a poetic area at Land's End (4)
Element #82
Starring role in heavy metal (4)
Show the way
Does it look heavy on a dog? (4)
Head up USA Today 24 Mar 2024
Shiny-gray metal used in batteries, whose chemical symbol 'Pb' is derived from its Latin name 'Plumbum'
It's heavy but will take first place (4)
A leash for the pointer (4)
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 12 Mar 2024
Element Mirror Quick 12 Mar 2024
The best part of a play
Pb, on the periodic table New York Times Mini 09 Mar 2024
Take to be a metal (4)
Go in front of
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 05 Mar 2024
Element Mirror Quick 05 Mar 2024
Be in first place Newsday 04 Mar 2024
Dull, silvery grey metal once used as an anti-knocking additive for petrol (4)
Principal stable boy out East (4)
Go first LA Times Daily 26 Feb 2024
"Poisoning" or "time" start
Metal key held by a boy (4)
Take to be a star (4)
___ Balloon, Jack Dee sitcom (4)
Metal and a strip of leather (4)
Headliner New York Times 17 Feb 2024
Metal guide (4) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Feb 2024
Go in front (of) (4)
Pb, a metal (4)
Starring role
Prompt the star (4)
Element with the symbol Pb Universal 10 Feb 2024
Be in front Mirror Classic 08 Feb 2024
Some deal! It's so heavy! (4)
Metal in front? (4)
What alchemists try to turn into gold
Word before "astray" or "nowhere" Universal 27 Jan 2024
Element that can shield Superman from kryptonite
"Star" is the clue (4)
Don't succeed in giving a clue (4)
Periodic table's Pb Commuter 17 Jan 2024
Pb, to chemists Universal 16 Jan 2024
Draw one, taking aim (4)
& 22A US blues singer born Huddie Ledbetter who died in 1949 (4,5) Mirror Quiz 13 Jan 2024
Church roof metal (4) Puzzler 10 Jan 2024
Main star of a show
Starring role, in a movie
Film's star to support a cause, though not at first
Conduct metal (4)
X-ray-blocking metal
Periodic table's Pb LA Times Daily 03 Jan 2024
Guide bad deal Mirror Cryptic 31 Dec 2023
Heavy metal Mirror Quick 31 Dec 2023
Starring role
Mechanical pencil fill USA Today 26 Dec 2023
Tether for a dog (4)
Be the first element (4)
Starring role Commuter 16 Dec 2023
What metal was used to shield x-rays? (4)
A deal of a somewhat heavy nature?
Clue to the dog that it's walk time? (4)
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 12 Dec 2023
Dog’s rope for walks Mirror Quick 10 Dec 2023
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 10 Dec 2023
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 06 Dec 2023
Principal - advantage (4)
Principal – advantage The Guardian Quick 05 Dec 2023
__ the way; pioneer Commuter 05 Dec 2023
Act as a guide Newsday 04 Dec 2023
Take the ___ (pull ahead of others)
Dog's rope for walks
A deal in heavy stuff?
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 30 Nov 2023
Pencil ___ (graphite) USA Today 25 Nov 2023
Set the pace LA Times Daily 22 Nov 2023
Bid first, say New York Times 19 Nov 2023
What graphite replaced in pencils Universal 14 Nov 2023
___ by example (show the way)
Starring role Newsday 31 Oct 2023
Play the first card Wall Street Journal 26 Oct 2023
Show the way?
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 09 Sep 2023
I need source of metal, Al? Wrong! The Guardian Cryptic 05 Sep 2023
Be the first boy swallowing ecstasy The Times Cryptic 30 Aug 2023
Metal that an alchemist 'converts' into gold New York Times 21 Aug 2023
Element with the symbol Pb
Pencil filler USA Today 27 Jul 2023
Solder component Wall Street Journal 27 Jul 2023
Metal found in old paint USA Today 19 Jul 2023
Element, symbol Pb The Times Concise 17 Jul 2023
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 11 Jul 2023
Get ahead of everyone else Family Time 09 Jul 2023
Principal part Newsday 06 Jul 2023
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 20 Jun 2023
Pencil-filling material
Start of a detective's trail New York Times 14 May 2023
Heavy metal Wall Street Journal 26 Apr 2023
Guide by going in front
Poisonous metal USA Today 16 Apr 2023
Starring role in a movie, say
Boy holding end of the leash The Guardian Cryptic 10 Apr 2023
Heavy metal Newsday 09 Apr 2023
Main role Thomas Joseph 03 Apr 2023
Shot material: 'Take 1', it may be labelled The Telegraph Toughie 30 Mar 2023
Element with the symbol Pb USA Today 27 Mar 2023
Metallic element The Telegraph Quick 27 Mar 2023
Heavy metal whose symbol is Pb
Be the head of, say
Person with top billing Universal 02 Mar 2023
"___ by example" (show the right way)
___ climbing (discipline that debuted at the 2020 Olympics) New York Times 24 Feb 2023
Headliner New York Times 21 Feb 2023
Pencil filling
Principal stage actor USA Today 28 Jan 2023
Help to show the way USA Today 19 Jan 2023
Be in first place Newsday 16 Jan 2023
Shot guide The Guardian Quiptic 02 Jan 2023
Show the way Newsday 06 Dec 2022
Starring role Newsday 05 Dec 2022
Go down like a ___ balloon USA Today 05 Dec 2022
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 28 Nov 2022
Heavy metal New York Times 09 Nov 2022
Be in first place Newsday 01 Nov 2022
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 25 Oct 2022
Pb The Guardian Quick 24 Oct 2022
Youth holding end of poodle’s leash The Times Cryptic 05 Oct 2022
Guide Family Time 03 Oct 2022
Roofing material’s to go first The Times Cryptic 03 Oct 2022
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 16 Sep 2022
Guide a dance partner USA Today 09 Sep 2022
Direct New York Times 09 Sep 2022
Starring role Newsday 04 Sep 2022
Conduct The Telegraph Quick 03 Sep 2022
Help for a case New York Times 20 Aug 2022
Starring role LA Times Daily 09 Aug 2022
Metal cable The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Aug 2022
"___ the way" (show the way)
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 03 Aug 2022
Starring role New York Times 01 Aug 2022
Main role LA Times Daily 30 Jul 2022
Go ahead and cable The Times Cryptic 27 Jul 2022
Heavy metal Newsday 10 Jul 2022
Pencil-filling material
Ask to remove top? Go ahead!
Have followers LA Times Daily 29 May 2022
Word that could mean both, "a starring role" or "a heavy metal"
Element with symbol Pb
First guitarist in heavy metal? The Telegraph Cryptic 12 May 2022
Starring role in a movie
Guide; metallic element The Telegraph Quick 09 May 2022
Go first; element The Times Concise 07 May 2022
Show the way in battle — advance The Times Cryptic 03 May 2022
"Pb" in Chemistry
Pb, to a chemist
Show the way Newsday 05 Apr 2022
Show the way
Show the way LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2022
Element with the symbol Pb USA Today 14 Mar 2022
Show the way USA Today 06 Mar 2022
See 5 The Guardian Cryptic 03 Mar 2022
Pencil part Thomas Joseph 08 Feb 2022
Heavy malleable metal
Pb on the periodic table Universal 24 Jan 2022
Dog leash, to a Brit
Neighbor of thallium on the periodic table
Show the way
Pencil part Thomas Joseph 01 Jan 2022
___ pouring, German New Year's Eve tradition that's meant to predict one's future
With 69-Across, Iditarod front-runner ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues LA Times Daily 21 Dec 2021
Detective's need Universal 24 Nov 2021
Mechanical pencil refill USA Today 23 Nov 2021
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 18 Nov 2021
Type of metal rim from Daimler
Pencil part Thomas Joseph 15 Nov 2021
Be in charge Universal 12 Nov 2021
Show element
Show everyone the way Family Time 01 Nov 2021
Act as a guide Newsday 27 Oct 2021
Starring role LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2021
Pencil stuff USA Today 22 Oct 2021
Principal role — heavy metal The Guardian Quick 18 Oct 2021
Guide by going in front
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 07 Oct 2021
Take charge of a group
Young man smuggling ecstasy for Guide
One getting top billing New York Times 07 Sep 2021
Common stained glass element LA Times Daily 05 Sep 2021
Common stained glass element
Main part of pencil?
Be in charge of USA Today 20 Aug 2021
Starring element?
Top role Wall Street Journal 16 Aug 2021
Skip odd features of blues and heavy metal
First element
Be in charge of
Pb, on the periodic table
Be in charge Family Time 12 Jul 2021
Starring role in a movie
Preside over Premier Sunday 20 Jun 2021
It's usually played by a star
It's usually played by a star LA Times Daily 13 Jun 2021
Pencil part Thomas Joseph 27 May 2021
Starring role, in a movie
"___ the way!" (show the way)
Top-billed performer New York Times 12 May 2021
Metal chair
Boy welcoming English guide
Be the best in heavy metal The Sun Two Speed 14 Apr 2021
Starring role in a movie
Graphite The Sun Two Speed 14 Apr 2021
Go ahead The Telegraph Quick 26 Mar 2021
Go ahead Wall Street Journal 23 Mar 2021
Metal for an alchemist
Type of metal rim from Daimler
Starring role
Starring role LA Times Daily 14 Feb 2021
Base metal
Malleable metallic element
Direct someone in a star role
Young man carrying English guide
It was used when setting clue
Soft metal to conduct The Sun Two Speed 08 Dec 2020
It may be 0.7 millimeters wide Universal 07 Dec 2020
Principal part Newsday 04 Dec 2020
Heavy metal pioneer The Telegraph Toughie 01 Dec 2020
Principal element
Household paint no longer contains it
Be the captain of Universal 22 Nov 2020
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 11 Nov 2020
Guitar's cable The Telegraph Quick 06 Nov 2020
Show the way Universal 05 Nov 2020
Detective's need Universal 18 Oct 2020
Show the way
Show the way LA Times Daily 15 Oct 2020
Material in automobile batteries New York Times 01 Oct 2020
Principal guitar in heavy metal The Sun Two Speed 13 Sep 2020
Extrovert lassoing English steer
Heavy metal Newsday 03 Sep 2020
Heavy metal guitarist, perhaps
Old paint additive
"___ by example" (show the way)
Coveted 12-Across Family Time 10 Aug 2020
Captain on all sides today
Heavy metal New York Times 24 Jul 2020
Show the way USA Today 23 Jul 2020
One with top billing Universal 09 Jul 2020
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 25 Jun 2020
Metal; clue The Times Concise 19 Jun 2020
Top-billed role Newsday 18 Jun 2020
Ignore odd features of blues and heavy metal
Play the first card LA Times Daily 31 May 2020
Play the first card
Starring role Wall Street Journal 09 May 2020
Main role
Metaphorical heavy balloon material Universal 19 Apr 2020
Be in first place Newsday 15 Apr 2020
Its symbol is Pb
Mechanical pencil need Universal 08 Apr 2020
Detective's aid
Detective's aid LA Times Daily 05 Apr 2020
Escort four characters found in 14 down from the start
Its chemical symbol is Pb
Guide The Sun Two Speed 20 Mar 2020
Boy round east finds metal The Sun Two Speed 20 Mar 2020
Act as a guide Newsday 02 Mar 2020
Annie of 'Annie,' e.g
Heavy Metal article is what's prominent in the news (8, two words)
& 12 Across What sounds like 'Now is the winter of our discontent ...' maybe? The Telegraph Toughie 07 Feb 2020
Starring role
Starring role
Top escort
Run the show LA Times Daily 24 Dec 2019
Run the show
"___ Away!" 1996 educational video that features Elmo and Rosita from "Sesame Street"
Main role Universal 10 Dec 2019
Heavy metal boy round east The Sun Two Speed 06 Dec 2019
Heavy metal
Metal van The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Nov 2019
Usher LA Times Daily 27 Oct 2019
Usher
Heavy metal
Heavy metal LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2019
Pb, to chemists
Live electrical cable?
___ by example
Principal guitar in heavy metal
Star clue
Weapon in Clue New York Times 18 Sep 2019
Guide by going in front
Criminologist's clue USA Today 14 Sep 2019
Take charge USA Today 12 Sep 2019
Title role, often
Pb, on a table LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2019
Pb, on a table
Spearhead Premier Sunday 25 Aug 2019
Pull ahead in a race
Radiation shield metal USA Today 11 Aug 2019
Aid for a detective New York Times 11 Aug 2019
Direct Premier Sunday 11 Aug 2019
Star element The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Aug 2019
Be proactive Newsday 26 Jul 2019
Sinker metal USA Today 25 Jul 2019
Heavy malleable metallic element
Curling team member
Heavy metal guitar? The Sun Two Speed 21 Jun 2019
Blaze a trail Family Time 17 Jun 2019
It follows thallium in the periodic table Wall Street Journal 13 Jun 2019
Detective's need LA Times Daily 12 Jun 2019
Detective's need
Pencil stuffing
It's below tin on the periodic table Wall Street Journal 04 Jun 2019
Heavy metal's first guitarist The Telegraph Toughie 30 May 2019
Play auditioner's hope New York Times 25 May 2019
Take charge from the front
Element with symbol Pb
First element
Show the way Newsday 22 Apr 2019
Heavy metal front man
Starring role in a TV show
Live wire
Youngster grasping puzzle's last clue The Telegraph Toughie 02 Apr 2019
Of the stable elements, ____ has the highest atomic number The Times Specialist Sunday 31 Mar 2019
Shot Wall Street Journal 28 Mar 2019
Show the way Wall Street Journal 23 Mar 2019
Pencil filler Universal 20 Mar 2019
Some people adore the first name in lights?
Take the reins USA Today 01 Mar 2019
Pb New York Times 24 Feb 2019
Most important element
Top part Wall Street Journal 13 Feb 2019
Most important element
Play the first card USA Today 07 Feb 2019
Brit's 54 Down Newsday 27 Jan 2019
Weapon in Clue
Detective's need
Heavy metal
Pb, on a table
Usher
Aid for a detective
Pb
Play auditioner's hope
Pencil filler
Criminologist's clue
Play the first card
Radiation shield metal
Take charge
Take the reins
It follows thallium in the periodic table
It's below tin on the periodic table
Shot
Show the way
Top part
Sinker metal
Heavy metal whose symbol is Pb
Its symbol is Pb USA Today 20 Dec 2018
Starring role Newsday 18 Dec 2018
Clue for a detective New York Times 07 Dec 2018
The first to go out of shot in the war sense
Its symbol is Pb Family Time 18 Nov 2018
Take charge of
Take charge of LA Times Daily 15 Nov 2018
Boy carries last of the metal
Metal; show the way The Times Concise 25 Sep 2018
Detective's clue USA Today 21 Aug 2018
Heavy metal from humble admirer The Sun Two Speed 13 Aug 2018
Heavy metal element The Sun Two Speed 13 Aug 2018
/15 6 possibly, one scorching metal?
Heavy metal guitar, say The Sun Two Speed 27 Jul 2018
Leash The Sun Two Speed 27 Jul 2018
Malleable metal USA Today 23 Jul 2018
Male waltzer, traditionally USA Today 20 Jul 2018
Take charge on the dance floor USA Today 15 Jul 2018
Starring role
Clue guide
Metal wire
Toxic metal in paint, once USA Today 06 May 2018
Full of energy, juvenile star The Telegraph Toughie 01 May 2018
Element in many stained-glass windows
Main element
Adelaide has no idea this stops boxer getting too far ahead of himself
Perhaps metal from church roof in the van
Principal part of metal
Gasoline additive, once USA Today 26 Feb 2018
Detective's find USA Today 13 Feb 2018
Element's gripping during overtures
Heavy metal Thomas Joseph 08 Feb 2018
X-ray vision blocker
Metal device for controlling dog
Principal material for sinker
Head of the French after Christ's arrival
Follower's opposite Family Time 07 Jan 2018
Starring role
Male waltzer, traditionally
Take charge on the dance floor
Its symbol is Pb
Clue for a detective
Gasoline additive, once
Take charge of
Detective's find
Detective's clue
Toxic metal in paint, once
Show the way
Malleable metal
Show the way The Times Concise 13 Dec 2017
X-ray shield element
Adelaide has no idea of principal role
Principal means of linking computer The Telegraph Toughie 09 Nov 2017
Detective's aid
Coveted role Newsday 05 Oct 2017
Assume command of Universal 04 Oct 2017
Blocker of Superman's X-ray vision USA Today 04 Oct 2017
Pb, to chemists New York Times 11 Sep 2017
Guide The Telegraph Quick 07 Sep 2017
Top attraction for metal thieves? The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Jul 2017
Toxic metal in old paint USA Today 11 Jul 2017
Primary metal
Accompany to show the way
"___ the way." (Show us path)
Top player thrashed when 19 15
Premier article in key write-up
Main role New York Times 09 May 2017
Gas additive of yore Universal 06 May 2017
___ by example
What the PM should do: escalate Article – a flowery way, perhaps to deceive
Metal attachment to dog? The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Apr 2017
Primary part
Primary part LA Times Daily 02 Apr 2017
Main role Thomas Joseph 30 Mar 2017
The periodic table's Pb Universal 09 Mar 2017
Heavy metal's starring role The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Mar 2017
Heavy metal front man?
X-ray blocker USA Today 05 Feb 2017
Call the shots 'bullets'
Blocker of Superman's X-ray vision
Toxic metal in old paint
Gas additive of yore
Assume command of
Main role
Pb, to chemists
See in Rattle a desire to conduct
Main role Premier Sunday 06 Nov 2016
Pipe material Wall Street Journal 14 Oct 2016
Directed to accept a title tole [this must be a misprint for ‘role']
Pencil core Wall Street Journal 27 Sep 2016
Set the pace LA Times Daily 16 Aug 2016
Cardiogram connection LA Times Daily 13 Aug 2016
Guide on the dance floor
X-ray vision stopper USA Today 26 Jul 2016
Pb, to a chemist New York Times 18 Jul 2016
Main part Wall Street Journal 14 Jul 2016
Element below tin on the periodic table
Top-billed performer Newsday 14 Jul 2016
Clue recurring in puzzle, a debatable addition The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jun 2016
A good role from a double, admittedly
Main part
Sinker material Universal 16 Apr 2016
What a detective follows Family Time 27 Mar 2016
Point the way
Baserunner's steps off the bag USA Today 08 Mar 2016
Show the way Eugene Sheffer 07 Mar 2016
Newspaper article's first paragraph
Base of some paints
Go ahead; element The Times Concise 02 Mar 2016
Assume command Family Time 29 Feb 2016
Go ahead Thomas Joseph 27 Feb 2016
Short wire used as jumper — Pb The Guardian Quick 20 Feb 2016
Conduct The Telegraph Quick 10 Feb 2016
Gasoline additive, once
Set the pace
Pb, to a chemist
Starring role
X-ray vision stopper
Cardiogram connection
Show the way New York Times 28 Dec 2015
Show the way
Starring role Universal 18 Dec 2015
Command; metal The Times Concise 14 Dec 2015
It blocks Superman's X-ray vision New York Times 07 Dec 2015
Star part
Go ahead with the roof covering The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Nov 2015
Heavy metal The Guardian Quick 07 Nov 2015
Head or heart of a writer? The Times Cryptic 22 Oct 2015
Modern paint no-no New York Times 20 Oct 2015
Pencil part Wall Street Journal 12 Oct 2015
Something for the detective on the outskirts of Leningrad
'Pb' element Premier Sunday 27 Sep 2015
A heavy metal The Telegraph Quick 23 Sep 2015
Metallic element The Telegraph Quick 01 Sep 2015
Detective's need USA Today 14 Aug 2015
With 42-Down, literally, control completely New York Times 06 Aug 2015
Main part LA Times Daily 24 Jul 2015
Dancer Fred Astaire, to Adele New York Times 17 Jul 2015
Sounding like guided bullets
Pet controller LA Times Daily 02 May 2015
Heavy metal
Principal performer in heavy metal? The Times Cryptic 13 Apr 2015
Begin Eugene Sheffer 07 Apr 2015
Radiation shield material New York Times 22 Feb 2015
Principal role LA Times Daily 17 Feb 2015
Heavy metal guitar accessory? The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Feb 2015
Solder component Wall Street Journal 30 Jan 2015
Clue for metal
Principal role
Starring role
'Pb' element
Show the way
Be in first place
Pet controller
Main part
Star part
Alchemist's raw material
With 42-Down, literally, control completely
Radiation shield material
Modern paint no-no
It blocks Superman's X-ray vision
Dancer Fred Astaire, to Adele
Detective's need
Starring role
Show the way
Show people the way
Detective's need
Solder component
Pencil part
Youth holding end of poodle's leash
Be in charge of chain
The best part of play
Start putting one's cards on the table in corrupt deal
See 36 Across
Female __
Sleuth's clue
Actor's goal
Auditioner's hope
Biggest role
Pewter component, sometimes
Principal role
Take charge
Material for a failed balloon (Tribute #1)
Coveted role
Be atop the standings
Alpha dog's place
Sinker metal
Act as a guide
First news story
Set an example
Guide young man round far side of stage
Pb is its symbol
Show the way
Pb is its symbol
Take charge on the dance floor
Plum part
Conduct, as an orchestra
Coveted role
Clue for Kojak
Be in charge
Take control
Base of some paints
Enviable position
Guide shows initiative
Heavy metal
Alchemy material
Detective's aid
Type of guitarist
Open a card game
Show the way
Headliner
Coveted role
Fat part
Barrier for X-ray vision
Period for preparation
Element with the symbol Pb
Starring role
Take charge
Assume command of
Go first
Coveted role
Go first
Element between thallium and bismuth on the periodic table
Headliner
Hollow point bullet component
Guide one's dance partner
Pipe material
Word before "singer" or "guitar"
Main part
Something to get out
Heavy metal
Be winning
Solo
What the better guitarist takes
Assume command
Help for a sales rep
Solder component
Frontrunner's position
Hold first place
Sleuth's quest
Biggest part
Clue in a case
This causes Superman to squint
Main role
Galena product
Kind of balloon
Clue in a case
Sleuth's quest
Take charge
Be a star
With 34-Across, slag furnace input
Sleuth's quest
Male ballroom dancer, traditionally
X-ray vision deterrent
Take the reins
Heavy metal
Go first
Star's part
Blaze a trail
Be the bellwether
Take charge
Star's part
Clue
Chair, say
Heavy metal
Clue
Chair, say
What a detective follows
Show the way
Pb
Buckshot's makeup
X-ray vision blocker
Element whose symbol is Pb
Coveted role
X-ray blocker
Promising clue, to a detective
Be in command
Head the pack
Pb, in chemistry
X-ray vision blocker
Have more points than
Cause of some poisoning
X-ray vision thwarter
Guide one's dance partner
X-ray vision thwarter
Element whose symbol is Pb
What U-238 ultimately becomes
Balloon material?
Assume command of
X-ray blocker
Assume command
Hold first place
Front runner's position
Big part
Quarterback
Use a baton
Main character
Bullets
Spearhead
Detective's aid
Take the point
Detective's need
Starring role
Wield a baton
A winning team may sit on one
Reporter's first paragraph
Big part
Be a pioneer
Play first
"Get the ___ out!"
Play first
Cause of painter's colic
Pewter component, once
Distance from a base
Detective's find
Pb
It can be removed by chelation
Chief
Start off
Big role
Barrier for Superman's X-ray vision
Head up
It's between thallium and bismuth in the periodic table
Prime role
Detective's find
Plum role
Makeup of a heavy balloon?
Spearhead
Bullets
Principal
Spearhead
What a salesperson may follow
Makeup of a heavy balloon?
Principal
Role for a star
Metal used in storage batteries
Direct
Type of balloon
Main role
Its symbol is Pb
Cause of painter's colic
Balloon variety
Call the shots
Galena component
Pb
Pencil refill
Distance from a base
Promising clue
Sinker material
Type of balloon
Be in charge of
Balloon variety
Actor's goal
Promising clue
Distance from a base
Assume command
Bullets
Direct
Element whose symbol comes from the Latin word "plumbum"
Essential for an investigator
Be in front
One lap, maybe, in a race
Get it out to go faster
Primary role
Dangerous ingredient in paint
Principal role
Headliner
Role for Hanks
Get it out and you'll move faster
Detective's need
Starring role
Pb, on the periodic table
Dog leash
Galena extract
Spearhead
Something to go on
Top part
What a detective follows
Element removed from gasoline
Desired role
Enviable position
Promising clue
X-ray vision can't penetrate it
Certain movie role
Direct
__ poisoning
Starring role
Direct
Starring role
Be off the base, perhaps
Wield a baton
Word with foot or weight
Conduct
Set the pace
One of a pair of dancers
Its symbol is Pb
News story's first paragraph
Be off the base, perhaps
Tip
Go first
Extraction from galena ore
Metal that Superman can't see through
Bullets, slangily
Its symbol is Pb
Help for a sales rep
Sinker material
Get ahead
Picture part
Buckshot's makeup
Guide
Dream of aspiring actors
Make the first moves, in dancing
Take control
Get the point?
Solder component
Major part
X-ray vision thwarter
One of a ballroom couple
Guide
Usher
Take the van
Detective's need
Starring role
Guide
Spearhead
Salesman's opportunity
Conduct
Conduct
Show the way
Balloon material?
Command
Front-runner's edge
X-ray blocker
X-ray vision thwarter
Superman's protection against kryptonite
Play first
"Get the ___ out!"
Star on Broadway
Command
X ray blocker
Take charge of
Preceeds belly and foot
Precedes belly and foot
Pencil innard?
Hold first place
Heavy metal
One of two ballroom dancers
Heavy metal
Starring role
Best part
Tip, to Columbo
Pewter component
One of a pair of dancers
Inkling
Command
Pipe metal, once
Show the way
Its chemical symbol is Pb
Sinker material
Sinker material
Direct
Conduct
Its symbol is Pb
Set the pace
Vanguard
Hindrance for Superman
Show the way in battle — advance
Heavy metal front man
Pb
Pewter component
Not back up
Prime role
Big part
It's out of gas, mostly
Conduct
Be ahead by a head
Baserunner's ploy
"Get the __ out!"
Pencil refill
X-ray vision stopper
Star
Take the van
Before foot or belly
___ -pipe cinch
Get ahead
Auditioner's hope
Best part
X-ray shield
Kind of balloon
Actor's goal
One of a ballroom couple
Spearhead
Primary role
Conduct
Pencil filler
Hold first place
Bridge term
Helpful information
Principal role
Best part
Plumbago
Precede
Pencil's innards
Before foot or weight
Go ahead
Movers get this out
Head the cast
First place
Symbol is Pb
Get the ____ out!
Guide
Be the bellwether
Pb, elementally speaking
Be a star
Kind of story
Star
Go first
Induce
Conduct
Galena product
Wield a baton
X-ray stopper
Guide on the dance floor
Use a baton
Pencil filler
Kind of line
Problem for Superman
Hot clue
Prized role
Major role
Principal
Graphite
Vanguard
Gray element
Bridge move
Set the pace
Direct
Van
Plumbum
Common pollutant
Be in first place
Sometime gasoline ingredient
Open a card game
Usher
Heavy element
Head start
___ off (begin)
An element
Take charge
Heavy metal
Mr. Shoemaker's goal
Desired role
Take charge
News story opener
With 5 and 38 Across, pious N.Y.C. tot's plea
Top job for Vincent
"___, Kindly Light"
Bridge player's decision
Clue
Take the reins
Star part
Toy-soldier material
Indication
"___ us not . . . "
Symbol of heaviness
Play the first card
Kind of pencil
Part of a pencil
Pencil power
Start a hand
___-pipe cinch
Metal
Leash
Introduction to a news story.
Element.
Excel.
First place.
Starring role.
Pace the field.
Front place.
Clue.
Plummet.
Role.
Foremost position.
Part in 1 Across.
Bridge play.
Part of a news story
Guide.
Take the initiative.
Go ahead.
X-ray shielding.
Star part.
Precedence.
Be in the van.
Metal.
Conduct.
Symbol of heaviness.
Pb.
Plumbum.
Example.
Ingredient of pewter.
Direct.
Hold first
___ poisoning
Induce.
Its ore is galena.
First paragraph.
Product of Missouri.
The Dodgers hold it.
Pilot.
Principal part in a play.
Product of galena.
4th from the longest and strongest.
Product of Montana.
Open.
Stellar part.
Have charge of.
Sounding weight.
Take charge.
Hit first, in boxing.
Star role.
Graphite.
Important part.
Part of pewter.
Salesman's prospect.
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