Jump, ultimately failing to take the lead Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Jump, ultimately failing to take the lead . 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STAR.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STAR Jump, ultimately failing to take the lead (4)
7% INRUN Lead-up to a ski jump (5) New York Times Oct 15, 2025
7% STEER Take the lead (5) The Atlantic Oct 8, 2025
7% ELAPSE Undergraduate ultimately failing to pass (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 1, 2025
6% HOP Jump (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 8, 2025
6% RACEHORSE One going over the jumps reaches or fails (9) (9) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 6, 2025
6% LEAPS Jumps (5) LA Times Daily Nov 5, 2025
6% DOESNOT Fails to (7) The Atlantic Oct 22, 2025
6% SPRANG Jumped (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 9, 2025
6% DIRECT Awful Conservative beginning to take lead (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 7, 2025
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