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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Clue Source Date
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
Show the way LA Times Daily 21 Dec 2025
Spearhead Premier Sunday 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
Element (4) Mirror Quick 08 Dec 2025
Bad deal on metal (4) Mirror Cryptic 08 Dec 2025
Kryptonite blocker LA Times Daily 21 Nov 2025
Metal star The Telegraph Cryptic 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
Element with the symbol Pb The Atlantic 23 Sep 2025
Pencil part Thomas Joseph 23 Sep 2025
Dangerous additive in old paint New York Times 21 Sep 2025
Pilot Premier Sunday 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
Element (4) Mirror Quick 16 Jul 2025
Metal guide (4) Mirror Cryptic 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
Element (4) Mirror Quick 08 Jun 2025
Metal guide (4) Mirror Cryptic 08 Jun 2025
In the first place, it's really heavy (4)
Starring role Commuter 03 Jun 2025
Element Mirror Quick 01 Jun 2025
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 01 Jun 2025
Heavy metal; guide (4)
Periodic table's Pb
Starring role LA Times Daily 23 May 2025
Heavy metal headliner
Element Mirror Quick 21 May 2025
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 21 May 2025
It's taken to be exemplary
Show the way
Heavy metal from humble admirer The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2025
Guide The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2025
Go first Newsday 08 May 2025
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 29 Apr 2025
Element Mirror Quick 29 Apr 2025
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 23 Apr 2025
What made the Airedale's tail wag? (4)
Main role Thomas Joseph 22 Apr 2025
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 Cryptic 12 Apr 2025
Be first to make an emotional appeal after losing head (4) The Guardian Quick 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
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 22 Mar 2025
Word followed by Balloon - title of a Jack Dee sitcom from 2006-11 (4)
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)
Be in the van of 'Heavy Metal' (4)
Metal in first place
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 13 Mar 2025
Guide from the front
Top-billed performer Universal 11 Mar 2025
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
Graphite The Sun Two Speed 28 Feb 2025
Find plumb in a circle advantageous (4)
Soft metal to conduct 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
Be first in the field at Land's End
English boy about to become a star (4)
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
A deal in heavy metal?
Be at the front The Times Concise 31 Jan 2025
Graphite The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2025
Heavy metal boy holds note (4) The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2025
Starring role
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?
First guitarist for heavy metal? The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Jan 2025
Just the sort of role for the "heavy"? (4)
What you have for your dog - a pointer (4)
Pencil part that's now made of graphite
Be first with a metallic element
Metal Pb
Church roof metal The Sun Mini 03 Jan 2025
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)
Pb is the chemical symbol for which element? (4)
Pencil's marking substance
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
Very soft metal
Primary conductor of electricity (4)
Pb is the chemical symbol for what? (4)
Metal in the first place (4)
Cord for restraining a dog
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)
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 23 Oct 2024
Element Mirror Quick 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
Star(4)
Direct current is supplied by it
Be in charge Universal 24 Sep 2024
It's heavy though possibly a light attachment
Pb (4) The Guardian Quick 19 Sep 2024
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 17 Sep 2024
Bluishgrey metal (4)
Pencil graphite, by another name
Element Mirror Quick 17 Sep 2024
Element Mirror Quick 15 Sep 2024
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 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)
Heavy metal guitar The Sun Two Speed 05 Jul 2024
Graphite The Sun Two Speed 05 Jul 2024
This metal takes the first place (4)
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
Element that pencils never actually contained
Main role Thomas Joseph 28 Jun 2024
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
Pencil-filling material
Go first
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)
Periodic table's Pb
Barrier for X-ray vision Family Time 26 May 2024
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)
Head up Premier Sunday 12 May 2024
Main character TV 12 May 2024
Starring role in a movie
Youngster takes on board first experience of heavy metal (4)
Metal for the van? (4)
Pilot suggests heavy metal
Balloon material? Family Time 05 May 2024
Head up LA Times Daily 01 May 2024
Induce one to be a conductor (4)
A strip of leather - or metal (4)
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 30 Apr 2024
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 30 Apr 2024
Heavy soft metal (4)
Going to the front, as the thief on the roof is! (6,3,4) (see 3A)
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)
Positive clue
The sort of deal that will have heavy repercussions
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)
Element Mirror Quick 12 Mar 2024
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 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
Take to be a star (4)
Metal key held by a boy (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)
Prompt the star (4)
Starring role
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)
Word before "astray" or "nowhere" Universal 27 Jan 2024
What alchemists try to turn into gold
"Star" is the clue (4)
Don't succeed in giving a clue (4)
Element that can shield Superman from kryptonite
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
Main star of a show
Church roof metal (4) Puzzler 10 Jan 2024
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
Heavy metal Mirror Quick 31 Dec 2023
Guide bad deal Mirror Cryptic 31 Dec 2023
Starring role
Be the first element (4)
Tether for a dog (4)
Mechanical pencil fill USA Today 26 Dec 2023
Starring role Commuter 16 Dec 2023
What metal was used to shield x-rays? (4)
Chemical element; symbol Pb Mirror Quiz 12 Dec 2023
Clue to the dog that it's walk time? (4)
A deal of a somewhat heavy nature?
Metal guide Mirror Cryptic 10 Dec 2023
Dog’s rope for walks Mirror Quick 10 Dec 2023
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 06 Dec 2023
Principal – advantage The Guardian Quick 05 Dec 2023
__ the way; pioneer Commuter 05 Dec 2023
Principal - advantage (4)
Take the ___ (pull ahead of others)
Act as a guide Newsday 04 Dec 2023
A deal in heavy stuff?
Dog's rope for walks
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
Solder component Wall Street Journal 27 Jul 2023
Pencil filler USA Today 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
Metallic element The Telegraph Quick 27 Mar 2023
Element with the symbol Pb USA Today 27 Mar 2023
Heavy metal whose symbol is Pb
Be the head of, say
Person with top billing Universal 02 Mar 2023
___ climbing (discipline that debuted at the 2020 Olympics) New York Times 24 Feb 2023
"___ by example" (show the right way)
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
Roofing material’s to go first The Times Cryptic 03 Oct 2022
Guide Family Time 03 Oct 2022
Pencil filler Eugene Sheffer 16 Sep 2022
Direct New York Times 09 Sep 2022
Guide a dance partner USA Today 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
Starring role Eugene Sheffer 03 Aug 2022
"___ the way" (show the way)
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 LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2022
Show the way
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
___ pouring, German New Year's Eve tradition that's meant to predict one's future
Pencil part Thomas Joseph 01 Jan 2022
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
Pencil part Thomas Joseph 15 Nov 2021
Type of metal rim from Daimler
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 LA Times Daily 13 Jun 2021
It's usually played by a star
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
Starring role in a movie
Be the best in heavy metal The Sun Two Speed 14 Apr 2021
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 LA Times Daily 15 Oct 2020
Show the way
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
Heavy Metal article is what's prominent in the news (8, two words)
Annie of 'Annie,' e.g
& 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
Pb, on a table LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2019
Spearhead Premier Sunday 25 Aug 2019
Pull ahead in a race
Aid for a detective New York Times 11 Aug 2019
Radiation shield metal USA Today 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
Detective's need LA Times Daily 12 Jun 2019
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
Criminologist's clue
Usher
Pb, on a table
Play the first card
Heavy metal
Radiation shield metal
Take charge
Detective's need
Sinker metal
It follows thallium in the periodic table
It's below tin on the periodic table
Shot
Show the way
Top part
Take the reins
Aid for a detective
Pb
Play auditioner's hope
Weapon in Clue
Pencil filler
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 LA Times Daily 15 Nov 2018
Take charge of
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 element The Sun Two Speed 13 Aug 2018
Heavy metal from humble admirer 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
Clue for a detective
Show the way
Detective's clue
Starring role
Take charge of
Male waltzer, traditionally
Malleable metal
Detective's find
Gasoline additive, once
Its symbol is Pb
Toxic metal in paint, once
Take charge on the dance floor
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
Blocker of Superman's X-ray vision USA Today 04 Oct 2017
Assume command of Universal 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
Main role
Assume command of
Pb, to chemists
Toxic metal in old paint
Gas additive of yore
Blocker of Superman's X-ray vision
Call the shots 'bullets'
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
Element below tin on the periodic table
Top-billed performer Newsday 14 Jul 2016
Main part Wall Street Journal 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
Cardiogram connection
X-ray vision stopper
Pb, to a chemist
Starring role
Set the pace
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
Starring role
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
Detective's need
Show people the way
Solder component
Pencil part
Star part
Show the way
Be in first place
Show the way
Starring role
Main part
'Pb' element
Pet controller
Principal role
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
Principal role
Sinker metal
Be atop the standings
Female __
See 36 Across
Coveted role
Actor's goal
Take charge
Auditioner's hope
Sleuth's clue
Material for a failed balloon (Tribute #1)
Set an example
First news story
Biggest role
Alpha dog's place
Pewter component, sometimes
Act as a guide
Guide young man round far side of stage
Enviable position
Clue for Kojak
Pb is its symbol
Coveted role
Take charge on the dance floor
Conduct, as an orchestra
Plum part
Be in charge
Show the way
Take control
Base of some paints
Pb is its symbol
Guide shows initiative
Headliner
Word before "singer" or "guitar"
Barrier for X-ray vision
Go first
Coveted role
Headliner
Go first
Take charge
Something to get out
Main part
Element between thallium and bismuth on the periodic table
Type of guitarist
Open a card game
Show the way
Heavy metal
Coveted role
Pipe material
Element with the symbol Pb
Assume command of
Guide one's dance partner
Hollow point bullet component
Starring role
Period for preparation
Fat part
Detective's aid
Alchemy material
Kind of balloon
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
Sleuth's quest
Heavy metal
Clue in a case
Take charge
Sleuth's quest
Star's part
Male ballroom dancer, traditionally
Blaze a trail
Star's part
Be a star
Take the reins
Clue
Chair, say
X-ray vision deterrent
Heavy metal
Go first
Clue
Chair, say
Be the bellwether
Heavy metal
Take charge
With 34-Across, slag furnace input
What a detective follows
Pb, in chemistry
Coveted role
Cause of some poisoning
X-ray vision thwarter
Promising clue, to a detective
X-ray vision blocker
Head the pack
Element whose symbol is Pb
Have more points than
Element whose symbol is Pb
X-ray vision thwarter
X-ray vision blocker
X-ray blocker
Show the way
Guide one's dance partner
Be in command
What U-238 ultimately becomes
Buckshot's makeup
Pb
Main character
Balloon material?
Assume command
Big part
X-ray blocker
Quarterback
Reporter's first paragraph
Be a pioneer
Bullets
Hold first place
Wield a baton
A winning team may sit on one
Detective's need
Detective's aid
Big part
Use a baton
Front runner's position
Take the point
Assume command of
Spearhead
Starring role
Chief
It's between thallium and bismuth in the periodic table
Cause of painter's colic
Pewter component, once
Role for a star
Spearhead
Prime role
Start off
Detective's find
Makeup of a heavy balloon?
Principal
"Get the ___ out!"
Play first
Big role
Principal
Spearhead
Bullets
Makeup of a heavy balloon?
Head up
Detective's find
Pb
Distance from a base
It can be removed by chelation
Barrier for Superman's X-ray vision
Play first
Plum role
What a salesperson may follow
Promising clue
Type of balloon
Be in charge of
Essential for an investigator
Be in front
Galena component
Pb
Pencil refill
Metal used in storage batteries
Element whose symbol comes from the Latin word "plumbum"
Direct
Direct
Type of balloon
Cause of painter's colic
Balloon variety
Distance from a base
Promising clue
Main role
Its symbol is Pb
Call the shots
Assume command
Bullets
Sinker material
Distance from a base
Actor's goal
Balloon variety
Role for Hanks
Primary role
Dangerous ingredient in paint
Headliner
Principal role
Detective's need
Starring role
Spearhead
Something to go on
Certain movie role
__ poisoning
Direct
Dog leash
Promising clue
Top part
Galena extract
Desired role
X-ray vision can't penetrate it
Get it out and you'll move faster
Element removed from gasoline
One lap, maybe, in a race
Enviable position
Get it out to go faster
Pb, on the periodic table
What a detective follows
Be off the base, perhaps
Be off the base, perhaps
One of a pair of dancers
Set the pace
Conduct
News story's first paragraph
Metal that Superman can't see through
Bullets, slangily
Wield a baton
Its symbol is Pb
Go first
Starring role
Direct
Extraction from galena ore
Starring role
Tip
Word with foot or weight
Its symbol is Pb
Help for a sales rep
Take control
Major part
Make the first moves, in dancing
Buckshot's makeup
Sinker material
Get the point?
X-ray vision thwarter
Guide
Picture part
Dream of aspiring actors
One of a ballroom couple
Get ahead
Solder component
Guide
Preceeds belly and foot
Take the van
Detective's need
Starring role
Heavy metal
Usher
Starring role
Guide
Spearhead
Salesman's opportunity
Conduct
Command
Star on Broadway
X-ray vision thwarter
Superman's protection against kryptonite
Play first
"Get the ___ out!"
Command
X ray blocker
Conduct
Take charge of
Precedes belly and foot
Show the way
Balloon material?
Pencil innard?
Hold first place
Heavy metal
Front-runner's edge
X-ray blocker
One of two ballroom dancers
Command
Best part
Its chemical symbol is Pb
Show the way
Tip, to Columbo
One of a pair of dancers
Its symbol is Pb
Direct
Sinker material
Pipe metal, once
Inkling
Conduct
Sinker material
Pewter component
Big part
Hindrance for Superman
It's out of gas, mostly
Pewter component
Be ahead by a head
Conduct
Heavy metal front man
Not back up
Baserunner's ploy
Prime role
"Get the __ out!"
Show the way in battle — advance
Vanguard
Set the pace
Pb
Pencil refill
Best part
X-ray vision stopper
Take the van
Before foot or belly
Auditioner's hope
Star
Get ahead
___ -pipe cinch
X-ray shield
Spearhead
Hold first place
Primary role
Principal role
Conduct
Bridge term
Helpful information
Actor's goal
Best part
Pencil filler
One of a ballroom couple
Kind of balloon
Precede
Head the cast
Guide
Symbol is Pb
First place
Get the ____ out!
Go ahead
Before foot or weight
Movers get this out
Plumbago
Pencil's innards
Be a star
Induce
Go first
Pb, elementally speaking
Star
Be the bellwether
Conduct
Kind of story
Kind of line
Guide on the dance floor
Wield a baton
Use a baton
Pencil filler
X-ray stopper
Galena product
Problem for Superman
Hot clue
Major role
Prized role
Vanguard
Graphite
Gray element
Principal
Bridge move
Direct
Van
Set the pace
Common pollutant
Plumbum
Be in first place
Sometime gasoline ingredient
Open a card game
Usher
Head start
___ off (begin)
Heavy element
Take charge
An element
Heavy metal
Take charge
Mr. Shoemaker's goal
Desired role
With 5 and 38 Across, pious N.Y.C. tot's plea
News story opener
Top job for Vincent
"___, Kindly Light"
Bridge player's decision
Star part
Take the reins
Clue
Toy-soldier material
Symbol of heaviness
"___ us not . . . "
Indication
Part of a pencil
Play the first card
Pencil power
Kind of pencil
Leash
___-pipe cinch
Start a hand
Metal
Part of pewter.
Important part.
Graphite.
Star role.
Hit first, in boxing.
Take charge.
Sounding weight.
Have charge of.
Stellar part.
Open.
Product of Montana.
4th from the longest and strongest.
Induce.
Its ore is galena.
The Dodgers hold it.
First paragraph.
Hold first
Product of galena.
Product of Missouri.
___ poisoning
Go ahead.
Take the initiative.
Guide.
X-ray shielding.
Part in 1 Across.
Foremost position.
Plumbum.
Pilot.
Example.
Principal part in a play.
Clue.
Ingredient of pewter.
Symbol of heaviness.
Role.
Pace the field.
Star part.
Precedence.
Be in the van.
Metal.
Conduct.
Bridge play.
Pb.
Front place.
Direct.
Part of a news story
Plummet.
Starring role.
First place.
Excel.
Element.
Introduction to a news story.
Salesman's prospect.
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