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In the lead (5)

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ahead

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">in the lead</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for ahead that I've seen before include "advanced" , "In front as in race" , "In the leading position" , "In the future" , "Forward - in front" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, the Universal, The Mirror, The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Newsday, the King Feature Syndicate, The Times, the USA Today, The Independent, the LA Times and The Irish Times.
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