Was in first place
The crossword clue "Was in first place" is answered by LED, a 3-letter entry. Used 51 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LED
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LED answer page.
Used 51 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LED
Every other clue in this collection answered by LED, most used first.
- Conducted - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
- Was ahead - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Went first - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- Guided - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Showed the way - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Spearheaded - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Started - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in front - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Headed up - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Zeppelin - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Went ahead - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Directed - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Took charge - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Was a pioneer - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in charge of - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Set the pace - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Commanded - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Played the first card - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Blazed a trail - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Was winning - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Headed - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Took charge of - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Took by the hand - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Took the reins - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Was in charge - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Called the shots - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- "-- was saying ..." - ASI, used 395 times
- First lady - EVE, used 190 times
- Pig's place - STY, used 179 times
- "How was ___ know?" - ITO, used 164 times
- Place - PUT, used 131 times
- Pupil's place - EYE, used 113 times
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