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99 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-05-11Pb, in chemistry
2026-03-07What first has over second
2026-01-23Tip
2025-09-21Dangerous additive in old paint
2025-09-02Its symbol is Pb
2024-02-17Headliner
2023-11-19Bid first, say
2023-08-21Metal that an alchemist "converts" into gold
2023-05-14Start of a detective's trail
2023-02-24___ climbing (discipline that debuted at the 2020 Olympics)
2023-02-21Headliner
2022-11-09Heavy metal
2022-09-09Direct
2022-08-20Help for a case
2022-08-01Starring role
2021-09-07One getting top billing
2021-05-12Top-billed performer
2020-10-01Material in automobile batteries
2020-07-24Heavy metal
2019-11-17Heavy metal
2019-09-18Weapon in Clue
2019-08-11Aid for a detective
2019-05-25Play auditioner's hope
2019-02-24Pb
2018-12-07Clue for a detective
2017-09-11Pb, to chemists
2017-05-09Main role
2016-07-18Pb, to a chemist
2015-12-28Show the way
2015-12-07It blocks Superman's X-ray vision
2015-10-20Modern paint no-no
2015-08-13Heavy metal
2015-08-06With 42-Down, literally, control completely
2015-07-17Dancer Fred Astaire, to Adele
2015-02-22Radiation shield material
2012-10-22Starring role
2012-06-28Period for preparation
2012-04-07Fat part
2012-03-20Detective's aid
2012-01-26Alchemy material
2010-12-03Sleuth's quest
2010-08-27With 34-Across, slag furnace input
2010-08-10Male ballroom dancer, traditionally
2009-09-14X-ray vision blocker
2009-04-23Starring role
2009-04-06Pb, in chemistry
2008-09-11Detective's need
2007-10-05Chief
2006-11-19Aid for a detective
2006-01-18Essential for an investigator
2005-08-10Galena extract
2005-06-21Show the way
2005-05-04__ poisoning
2005-04-07One lap, maybe, in a race
2005-03-21What a detective follows
2004-12-30Tip
2004-12-15Extraction from galena ore
2004-11-29Show the way
2004-09-20Starring role
2004-09-13Metal that Superman can't see through
2004-05-06Detective's need
2004-03-22Its symbol is Pb
2003-12-01Make the first moves, in dancing
2003-11-12Help for a sales rep
2003-10-03Get ahead
2003-03-10Guide
2003-02-18Heavy metal
2002-09-18X-ray blocker
2002-08-28Starring role
2002-03-05One of two ballroom dancers
2002-01-09Front-runner's edge
2001-07-24Sinker material
2001-04-29One of a pair of dancers
2000-11-28X-ray vision blocker
2000-09-16Not back up
2000-07-19Hindrance for Superman
2000-05-21Pewter component
2000-02-27Big part
1999-03-21Detective's need
1998-11-01Best part
1998-07-20Pencil filler
1998-04-09Helpful information
1998-03-25Actor's goal
1998-01-28Kind of balloon
1998-01-25One of a ballroom couple
1997-09-08Pencil's innards
1996-09-30Pb, elementally speaking
1996-08-30Kind of story
1996-08-22Star
1996-04-29Conduct
1996-03-25X-ray vision blocker
1996-01-17Be the bellwether
1995-10-23Conduct
1995-09-17Guide on the dance floor
1994-12-05Starring role
1994-11-14X-ray vision blocker
1994-05-29Hindrance for Superman
1994-04-03Hot clue
1994-02-16Problem for Superman