In the lead Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue In the lead featured in Wall Street Journal puzzle on September 8, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is AHEAD.

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6 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
AHEAD In the lead (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 8, 2025
OUTFRONT In the lead (8) Eugene Sheffer May 21, 2025
ONTOP In the lead (5) LA Times Daily Sep 30, 2024
FIRST In the lead (5) LA Times Daily Dec 30, 2022
STARRING In the lead (8)
ATTHETOP In the lead (8)

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27% EXAMPLE Lead by __ (7) LA Times Daily Aug 31, 2025
27% HESHE Lead-in to "they" (5) New York Times Aug 21, 2025
27% MIS Leading lead-in (3) LA Times Daily Mar 8, 2017
25% RUNTHESHOW Lead (10) LA Times Daily Dec 15, 2024
25% SURPASSING Leading (10)
25% GOFIRST Lead (7) LA Times Daily Jan 8, 2023
25% GOESFIRST Leads (9) LA Times Daily Nov 13, 2021
25% POINTTHEWAY “Lead on!” (11) Wall Street Journal Aug 26, 2019
25% HEADUP Lead (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 3, 2018
25% DECEIVE Lead on (7) Thomas Joseph Jan 3, 2018

Clues for The Wall Street Journal Puzzle on September 8, 2025

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