| Was in charge of penning a clue |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jun 2026 |
| Metal guide (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
30 May 2026 |
| Be in charge |
Commuter |
28 May 2026 |
| Chemical element; symbol Pb (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
25 May 2026 |
| Pb, in chemistry |
New York Times |
11 May 2026 |
| Be ahead in a race (4) |
Mirror Classic |
04 May 2026 |
| Boy receiving a tip-off (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 May 2026 |
| 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 |
| Element with the symbol "Pb" |
|
|
| Part of a pencil |
Commuter |
19 Feb 2026 |
| 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 |
| Heavy metal whose symbol is Pb |
|
|
| Starring role |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Dec 2025 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Element with the symbol Pb |
The Atlantic |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Pencil part |
Thomas Joseph |
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 |
|
|
| 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 |
| 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) |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
| 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) |
|
|
| Dance drama starring Antonio Banderas fiom 2006, Take the ___- (4) |
|
|
| Be in charge |
Commuter |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Metal in first place |
|
|
| Be in the van of 'Heavy Metal' (4) |
|
|
| Pencil filler |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Guide from the front |
|
|
| Top-billed performer |
Universal |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Heavy Metal youngster involving first of Edwardians (4) |
|
|
| Chemical element; symbol Pb |
Mirror Quiz |
10 Mar 2025 |
| 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) |
|
|
| Element |
Mirror Quick |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Metal guide |
Mirror Cryptic |
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 |
| Graphite |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Heavy metal boy holds note (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Be at the front |
The Times Concise |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Starring role |
|
|
| A deal in heavy metal? |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Main conductor of electricity (4) |
|
|
| Starring role in a movie |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Metal guide |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Heavy stuff gets first place (4) |
|
|
| Element |
Mirror Quick |
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 |
| Metallic element; symbol Pb (4) |
|
|
| Kryptonite shield |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2024 |
| 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 |
| Metal guide |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Element |
Mirror Quick |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Bluishgrey metal (4) |
|
|
| Pencil graphite, by another name |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Graphite |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jul 2024 |
| This metal takes the first place (4) |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Heavy metal |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Show the way |
Wall Street Journal |
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 |
| Pencil-filling material |
|
|
| The foremost metal? (4) |
|
|
| Go first |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Chemical element; symbol Pb |
Mirror Quiz |
30 Apr 2024 |
| A strip of leather - or metal (4) |
|
|
| Starring role |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Apr 2024 |
| 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) |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Element |
Mirror Quick |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Metal guide |
Mirror Cryptic |
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) |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Guide bad deal |
Mirror Cryptic |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Heavy metal |
Mirror Quick |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Starring role |
|
|
| Tether for a dog (4) |
|
|
| Mechanical pencil fill |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2023 |
| 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? |
|
|
| Chemical element; symbol Pb |
Mirror Quiz |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Clue to the dog that it's walk time? (4) |
|
|
| 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 |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Principal - advantage (4) |
|
|
| __ the way; pioneer |
Commuter |
05 Dec 2023 |
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
| Go down like a ___ balloon |
USA Today |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Starring role |
Newsday |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
|
|
| Top-billed performer |
New York Times |
12 May 2021 |
| "___ the way!" (show the way) |
|
|
| Metal chair |
|
|
| Boy welcoming English guide |
|
|
| Starring role in a movie |
|
|
| Graphite |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Apr 2021 |
| Be the best in heavy metal |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Starring role |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Play the first card |
LA Times Daily |
31 May 2020 |
| 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 |
|
|
| Boy round east finds metal |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Mar 2020 |
| Guide |
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 |
|
|
| Usher |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2019 |
| 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 |
| Direct |
Premier Sunday |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Radiation shield metal |
USA Today |
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 |
| It's below tin on the periodic table |
|
|
| Pencil filler |
|
|
| Aid for a detective |
|
|
| Pb |
|
|
| Play auditioner's hope |
|
|
| Weapon in Clue |
|
|
| Usher |
|
|
| Criminologist's clue |
|
|
| Play the first card |
|
|
| Radiation shield metal |
|
|
| Take charge |
|
|
| Take the reins |
|
|
| Pb, on a table |
|
|
| It follows thallium in the periodic table |
|
|
| Sinker metal |
|
|
| Heavy metal |
|
|
| Detective's need |
|
|
| Shot |
|
|
| Show the way |
|
|
| Top part |
|
|
| 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 |
| Show the way |
|
|
| Take charge of |
|
|
| Starring role |
|
|
| Toxic metal in paint, once |
|
|
| Take charge on the dance floor |
|
|
| Malleable metal |
|
|
| Male waltzer, traditionally |
|
|
| Its symbol is Pb |
|
|
| Gasoline additive, once |
|
|
| Detective's find |
|
|
| Clue for a detective |
|
|
| Detective's clue |
|
|
| 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 |
| Toxic metal in old paint |
|
|
| Main role |
|
|
| Pb, to chemists |
|
|
| Blocker of Superman's X-ray vision |
|
|
| Gas additive of yore |
|
|
| Assume command of |
|
|
| 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 |
| Main part |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jul 2016 |
| Top-billed performer |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2016 |
| Element below tin on the periodic table |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Cardiogram connection |
|
|
| X-ray vision stopper |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Main part |
|
|
| Pet controller |
|
|
| Show the way |
|
|
| Principal role |
|
|
| Show people the way |
|
|
| Show the way |
|
|
| Solder component |
|
|
| Pencil part |
|
|
| Be in first place |
|
|
| Dancer Fred Astaire, to Adele |
|
|
| Star part |
|
|
| Alchemist's raw material |
|
|
| Detective's need |
|
|
| Starring role |
|
|
| Detective's need |
|
|
| It blocks Superman's X-ray vision |
|
|
| Modern paint no-no |
|
|
| Radiation shield material |
|
|
| 'Pb' element |
|
|
| With 42-Down, literally, control completely |
|
|
| Starring 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 |
|
|
| Actor's goal |
|
|
| See 36 Across |
|
|
| Alpha dog's place |
|
|
| Auditioner's hope |
|
|
| First news story |
|
|
| Biggest role |
|
|
| Sleuth's clue |
|
|
| Pewter component, sometimes |
|
|
| Principal role |
|
|
| Material for a failed balloon (Tribute #1) |
|
|
| Sinker metal |
|
|
| Act as a guide |
|
|
| Set an example |
|
|
| Take charge |
|
|
| Coveted role |
|
|
| Be atop the standings |
|
|
| Female __ |
|
|
| Guide young man round far side of stage |
|
|
| Pb is its symbol |
|
|
| Base of some paints |
|
|
| Be in charge |
|
|
| Clue for Kojak |
|
|
| Take charge on the dance floor |
|
|
| Conduct, as an orchestra |
|
|
| Take control |
|
|
| Show the way |
|
|
| Coveted role |
|
|
| Enviable position |
|
|
| Plum part |
|
|
| Pb is its symbol |
|
|
| Guide shows initiative |
|
|
| Open a card game |
|
|
| Coveted role |
|
|
| Headliner |
|
|
| Go first |
|
|
| Hollow point bullet component |
|
|
| Something to get out |
|
|
| Main part |
|
|
| Pipe material |
|
|
| Guide one's dance partner |
|
|
| Coveted role |
|
|
| Take charge |
|
|
| Assume command of |
|
|
| Type of guitarist |
|
|
| Word before "singer" or "guitar" |
|
|
| Heavy metal |
|
|
| Barrier for X-ray vision |
|
|
| Alchemy material |
|
|
| Element with the symbol Pb |
|
|
| Starring role |
|
|
| Headliner |
|
|
| Element between thallium and bismuth on the periodic table |
|
|
| Go first |
|
|
| Period for preparation |
|
|
| Fat part |
|
|
| Detective's aid |
|
|
| Show the way |
|
|
| Clue in a case |
|
|
| Clue in a case |
|
|
| Biggest part |
|
|
| Frontrunner's position |
|
|
| Hold first place |
|
|
| Sleuth's quest |
|
|
| Solder component |
|
|
| Help for a sales rep |
|
|
| Assume command |
|
|
| This causes Superman to squint |
|
|
| Main role |
|
|
| Galena product |
|
|
| Kind of balloon |
|
|
| Sleuth's quest |
|
|
| What the better guitarist takes |
|
|
| Solo |
|
|
| Be winning |
|
|
| Heavy metal |
|
|
| Chair, say |
|
|
| Take the reins |
|
|
| Be a star |
|
|
| X-ray vision deterrent |
|
|
| Blaze a trail |
|
|
| Clue |
|
|
| Chair, say |
|
|
| Clue |
|
|
| Sleuth's quest |
|
|
| Star's part |
|
|
| What a detective follows |
|
|
| Be the bellwether |
|
|
| Star's part |
|
|
| With 34-Across, slag furnace input |
|
|
| Take charge |
|
|
| Go first |
|
|
| Heavy metal |
|
|
| Heavy metal |
|
|
| Take charge |
|
|
| Male ballroom dancer, traditionally |
|
|
| Guide one's dance partner |
|
|
| Element whose symbol is Pb |
|
|
| Have more points than |
|
|
| What U-238 ultimately becomes |
|
|
| Be in command |
|
|
| Show the way |
|
|
| X-ray blocker |
|
|
| Promising clue, to a detective |
|
|
| Pb |
|
|
| Buckshot's makeup |
|
|
| Pb, in chemistry |
|
|
| Element whose symbol is Pb |
|
|
| X-ray vision thwarter |
|
|
| X-ray vision blocker |
|
|
| Head the pack |
|
|
| Cause of some poisoning |
|
|
| X-ray vision blocker |
|
|
| Coveted role |
|
|
| X-ray vision thwarter |
|
|
| Be a pioneer |
|
|
| A winning team may sit on one |
|
|
| Use a baton |
|
|
| Assume command |
|
|
| Balloon material? |
|
|
| Main character |
|
|
| Spearhead |
|
|
| Take the point |
|
|
| Quarterback |
|
|
| Detective's aid |
|
|
| X-ray blocker |
|
|
| Bullets |
|
|
| Assume command of |
|
|
| Front runner's position |
|
|
| Hold first place |
|
|
| Reporter's first paragraph |
|
|
| Starring role |
|
|
| Wield a baton |
|
|
| Detective's need |
|
|
| Big part |
|
|
| Big part |
|
|
| Detective's find |
|
|
| Chief |
|
|
| Principal |
|
|
| Play first |
|
|
| Head up |
|
|
| Makeup of a heavy balloon? |
|
|
| Makeup of a heavy balloon? |
|
|
| Principal |
|
|
| Spearhead |
|
|
| Detective's find |
|
|
| What a salesperson may follow |
|
|
| Plum role |
|
|
| Role for a star |
|
|
| Barrier for Superman's X-ray vision |
|
|
| Prime role |
|
|
| It can be removed by chelation |
|
|
| Play first |
|
|
| Big role |
|
|
| It's between thallium and bismuth in the periodic table |
|
|
| Bullets |
|
|
| Pb |
|
|
| Distance from a base |
|
|
| "Get the ___ out!" |
|
|
| Spearhead |
|
|
| Pewter component, once |
|
|
| Cause of painter's colic |
|
|
| Start off |
|
|
| Assume command |
|
|
| Distance from a base |
|
|
| Metal used in storage batteries |
|
|
| Pb |
|
|
| Be in charge of |
|
|
| Balloon variety |
|
|
| Actor's goal |
|
|
| Main role |
|
|
| Bullets |
|
|
| Galena component |
|
|
| Distance from a base |
|
|
| Promising clue |
|
|
| Sinker material |
|
|
| Its symbol is Pb |
|
|
| Type of balloon |
|
|
| Promising clue |
|
|
| Direct |
|
|
| Call the shots |
|
|
| Cause of painter's colic |
|
|
| Type of balloon |
|
|
| Balloon variety |
|
|
| Element whose symbol comes from the Latin word "plumbum" |
|
|
| Direct |
|
|
| Pencil refill |
|
|
| Be in front |
|
|
| Essential for an investigator |
|
|
| __ poisoning |
|
|
| Desired role |
|
|
| Enviable position |
|
|
| Promising clue |
|
|
| X-ray vision can't penetrate it |
|
|
| Top part |
|
|
| Role for Hanks |
|
|
| Principal role |
|
|
| Primary role |
|
|
| Get it out to go faster |
|
|
| Get it out and you'll move faster |
|
|
| Direct |
|
|
| Certain movie role |
|
|
| What a detective follows |
|
|
| One lap, maybe, in a race |
|
|
| Galena extract |
|
|
| Headliner |
|
|
| Dangerous ingredient in paint |
|
|
| Element removed from gasoline |
|
|
| Dog leash |
|
|
| Pb, on the periodic table |
|
|
| Detective's need |
|
|
| Starring role |
|
|
| Spearhead |
|
|
| Something to go on |
|
|
| Go first |
|
|
| Wield a baton |
|
|
| Starring role |
|
|
| Be off the base, perhaps |
|
|
| Bullets, slangily |
|
|
| Word with foot or weight |
|
|
| Extraction from galena ore |
|
|
| News story's first paragraph |
|
|
| Conduct |
|
|
| Its symbol is Pb |
|
|
| Metal that Superman can't see through |
|
|
| Tip |
|
|
| Be off the base, perhaps |
|
|
| Its symbol is Pb |
|
|
| Direct |
|
|
| Starring role |
|
|
| One of a pair of dancers |
|
|
| Set the pace |
|
|
| Dream of aspiring actors |
|
|
| Get ahead |
|
|
| One of a ballroom couple |
|
|
| Guide |
|
|
| Make the first moves, in dancing |
|
|
| X-ray vision thwarter |
|
|
| Get the point? |
|
|
| Major part |
|
|
| Solder component |
|
|
| Guide |
|
|
| Sinker material |
|
|
| Take control |
|
|
| Help for a sales rep |
|
|
| Buckshot's makeup |
|
|
| Picture part |
|
|
| Detective's need |
|
|
| Star on Broadway |
|
|
| Conduct |
|
|
| Salesman's opportunity |
|
|
| Spearhead |
|
|
| X-ray blocker |
|
|
| X-ray vision thwarter |
|
|
| Superman's protection against kryptonite |
|
|
| Play first |
|
|
| "Get the ___ out!" |
|
|
| Balloon material? |
|
|
| Show the way |
|
|
| Conduct |
|
|
| Command |
|
|
| Take the van |
|
|
| X ray blocker |
|
|
| Usher |
|
|
| Starring role |
|
|
| Guide |
|
|
| Front-runner's edge |
|
|
| One of two ballroom dancers |
|
|
| Take charge of |
|
|
| Preceeds belly and foot |
|
|
| Precedes belly and foot |
|
|
| Pencil innard? |
|
|
| Hold first place |
|
|
| Heavy metal |
|
|
| Command |
|
|
| Heavy metal |
|
|
| Starring role |
|
|
| Conduct |
|
|
| Command |
|
|
| Its symbol is Pb |
|
|
| Direct |
|
|
| Best part |
|
|
| Tip, to Columbo |
|
|
| One of a pair of dancers |
|
|
| Pipe metal, once |
|
|
| Inkling |
|
|
| Show the way |
|
|
| Pewter component |
|
|
| Sinker material |
|
|
| Its chemical symbol is Pb |
|
|
| Sinker material |
|
|
| "Get the __ out!" |
|
|
| Big part |
|
|
| Hindrance for Superman |
|
|
| Not back up |
|
|
| Pewter component |
|
|
| Set the pace |
|
|
| Vanguard |
|
|
| It's out of gas, mostly |
|
|
| Pencil refill |
|
|
| Pb |
|
|
| Baserunner's ploy |
|
|
| Conduct |
|
|
| Be ahead by a head |
|
|
| Prime role |
|
|
| Show the way in battle — advance |
|
|
| Heavy metal front man |
|
|
| X-ray shield |
|
|
| Take the van |
|
|
| Star |
|
|
| Get ahead |
|
|
| Auditioner's hope |
|
|
| ___ -pipe cinch |
|
|
| Before foot or belly |
|
|
| X-ray vision stopper |
|
|
| Best part |
|
|
| Kind of balloon |
|
|
| Conduct |
|
|
| Pencil filler |
|
|
| Helpful information |
|
|
| Bridge term |
|
|
| Spearhead |
|
|
| Principal role |
|
|
| Primary role |
|
|
| Hold first place |
|
|
| One of a ballroom couple |
|
|
| Actor's goal |
|
|
| Best part |
|
|
| Before foot or weight |
|
|
| Guide |
|
|
| Precede |
|
|
| Head the cast |
|
|
| Get the ____ out! |
|
|
| Go ahead |
|
|
| Movers get this out |
|
|
| Plumbago |
|
|
| First place |
|
|
| Symbol is Pb |
|
|
| Pencil's innards |
|
|
| Induce |
|
|
| Go first |
|
|
| Pb, elementally speaking |
|
|
| Kind of story |
|
|
| Be a star |
|
|
| Be the bellwether |
|
|
| Star |
|
|
| Conduct |
|
|
| X-ray stopper |
|
|
| Guide on the dance floor |
|
|
| Wield a baton |
|
|
| Use a baton |
|
|
| Pencil filler |
|
|
| Kind of line |
|
|
| Galena product |
|
|
| Hot clue |
|
|
| Problem for Superman |
|
|
| Major role |
|
|
| Prized role |
|
|
| Principal |
|
|
| Gray element |
|
|
| Vanguard |
|
|
| Graphite |
|
|
| Bridge move |
|
|
| Van |
|
|
| Set the pace |
|
|
| Direct |
|
|
| Common pollutant |
|
|
| Plumbum |
|
|
| Be in first place |
|
|
| Sometime gasoline ingredient |
|
|
| Usher |
|
|
| Open a card game |
|
|
| Head start |
|
|
| Heavy element |
|
|
| ___ off (begin) |
|
|
| An element |
|
|
| Take charge |
|
|
| Heavy metal |
|
|
| Take charge |
|
|
| Mr. Shoemaker's goal |
|
|
| Desired role |
|
|
| News story opener |
|
|
| With 5 and 38 Across, pious N.Y.C. tot's plea |
|
|
| "___, Kindly Light" |
|
|
| Top job for Vincent |
|
|
| Bridge player's decision |
|
|
| Clue |
|
|
| Take the reins |
|
|
| Star part |
|
|
| Toy-soldier material |
|
|
| "___ us not . . . " |
|
|
| Symbol of heaviness |
|
|
| Indication |
|
|
| Play the first card |
|
|
| Pencil power |
|
|
| Part of a pencil |
|
|
| Kind of pencil |
|
|
| Start a hand |
|
|
| Leash |
|
|
| Metal |
|
|
| ___-pipe cinch |
|
|
| Precedence. |
|
|
| Be in the van. |
|
|
| Metal. |
|
|
| Conduct. |
|
|
| Symbol of heaviness. |
|
|
| Bridge play. |
|
|
| Pb. |
|
|
| Front place. |
|
|
| Direct. |
|
|
| Plummet. |
|
|
| Starring role. |
|
|
| First place. |
|
|
| Excel. |
|
|
| Element. |
|
|
| Introduction to a news story. |
|
|
| Salesman's prospect. |
|
|
| Part of pewter. |
|
|
| Important part. |
|
|
| Graphite. |
|
|
| Hold first |
|
|
| ___ poisoning |
|
|
| Induce. |
|
|
| Its ore is galena. |
|
|
| First paragraph. |
|
|
| Product of Missouri. |
|
|
| The Dodgers hold it. |
|
|
| Pilot. |
|
|
| Principal part in a play. |
|
|
| Go ahead. |
|
|
| 4th from the longest and strongest. |
|
|
| Product of Montana. |
|
|
| Hit first, in boxing. |
|
|
| Take charge. |
|
|
| Sounding weight. |
|
|
| Part of a news story |
|
|
| Open. |
|
|
| Stellar part. |
|
|
| Have charge of. |
|
|
| Star role. |
|
|
| Role. |
|
|
| Product of galena. |
|
|
| Take the initiative. |
|
|
| Guide. |
|
|
| X-ray shielding. |
|
|
| Part in 1 Across. |
|
|
| Foremost position. |
|
|
| Clue. |
|
|
| Ingredient of pewter. |
|
|
| Example. |
|
|
| Pace the field. |
|
|
| Plumbum. |
|
|
| Star part. |
|
|