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DEF lead-in

Last seen in Universal Crossword December 25, 2021 Answers

The crossword clue "DEF lead-in" can be found in the Universal Crossword puzzle from December 25, 2021. We've gathered 139 possible solutions from our database of crossword answers spanning multiple publications. The top match is ABC (3 letters) at 99% confidence — our strongest recommendation for this clue.

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139 Other Potential Answers

99%
ABC
DEF lead-in
Universal Crossword · Dec 25, 2021
8%
FOSHO
"Mos def"
Universal Crossword · Oct 13, 2024
1%
SWEEPER
Center defender in soccer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 14, 2026
1%
ABLY
With deftness
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2026
1%
ANY
Indefinite amount
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2026
1%
PHDS
Degs. conferred after defenses
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
1%
ANEMIA
30-Across deficiency
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2026
1%
AVER
State definitively
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 29, 2026
1%
TAKESTHEL
Admits defeat, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 29, 2026
1%
GREATPYRAMIDS
Glowing review for a cheerleading squad?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
1%
ITIS
"Most definitely"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2026
1%
PARRY
Fencing defense
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 9, 2026
1%
LAILA
Undefeated boxer Ali
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 4, 2026
1%
ALIBI
Airtight excuse for a defendant
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 4, 2026
1%
STINGER
Scorpion's defense
Universal Crossword · Apr 15, 2026
1%
SHALL
Will definitely
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2026
1%
SOSUEME
Offender's defiant challenge
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 7, 2026
1%
ILOST
Words of defeat
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 27, 2026
1%
INKY
Like a squid's defense
Universal Crossword · Mar 18, 2026
1%
GOTOPEN
Had no defense?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 28, 2026
1%
TAKESANL
Accepts defeat, in slang
Universal Crossword · Feb 25, 2026
1%
MARIAHCAREY
Singer who is "defrosted" every November 1
Universal Crossword · Feb 23, 2026
1%
ALIAS
Misleading handle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 15, 2026
1%
UPSET
Unexpected defeat
Universal Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
1%
RESET
Change back to the default
Universal Crossword · Feb 7, 2026
1%
ROUT
Decisive defeat
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
1%
ORAL
Like most dissertation defenses
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
1%
HORNYTOAD
Lizard with defensive spines
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
1%
SITIN
Nonviolent act of defiance
Universal Crossword · Dec 20, 2025
1%
SEATO
Cold War defense gp.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 21, 2025
1%
SEAWALL
Element of coastal defense
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 21, 2025
1%
GETSOPEN
Breaks away from defenders
Universal Crossword · Nov 7, 2025
1%
DARCY
Prideful guy in "Pride and Prejudice"
Universal Crossword · Oct 23, 2025
1%
ABOVEITALL
Too prideful to participate
Universal Crossword · Sep 25, 2025
1%
REDHERRING
Misleading clue
Universal Crossword · Sep 16, 2025
1%
LOSE
Suffer defeat
Universal Crossword · Aug 25, 2025
1%
ROYAL
With 39-Down, defenders over London, or an apt description of 19-, 29-, and 52-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2025
1%
EASYA
"You'll definitely pass" course
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2025
1%
DEATH
___-defying
Universal Crossword · Aug 4, 2025
1%
SORELOSERS
People who can't handle defeat
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2025
1%
PHD
Deg. that requires a defense
Universal Crossword · Jun 30, 2025
1%
DENT
Can defect
Universal Crossword · Jun 7, 2025
1%
STARRED
Took a leading role
Universal Crossword · Jun 6, 2025
1%
IMALIVE
Exclamation after doing something death-defying
Universal Crossword · Jun 2, 2025
1%
CHIP
Coffee mug defect
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2025
1%
SORELOSER
Player who is not graceful in defeat
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 22, 2025
1%
TENABLE
Easily defended
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 18, 2025
1%
ORR
Only defenseman to lead the NHL in points
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 12, 2025
1%
ERRORS
Stat for a bad defense
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2025
1%
TOOKTHEL
Accepted defeat, and what 17-, 24-, 40-, and 51-Across did?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 7, 2025
1%
MOAT
Castle defense
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Feb 22, 2025
1%
ICEUP
Require defrosting
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 20, 2025
1%
REARUP
Rise in defiance
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Feb 8, 2025
1%
EDGED
Barely defeated
Universal Crossword · Feb 6, 2025
1%
MACED
Sprayed in self-defense
Universal Crossword · Feb 5, 2025
1%
HEDGE
Avoid a definitive statement
Universal Crossword · Feb 1, 2025
1%
FALSEPOSITIVE
Misleading test result
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 24, 2025
1%
REKT
Totally defeated, in gamer lingo
Universal Crossword · Jan 22, 2025
1%
ODOR
Skunk’s defense
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 6, 2025
1%
CHOICESWEREMADE
"Yep ... that definitely just happened"
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2025
1%
DOCILE
Antonym of defiant
Universal Crossword · Dec 22, 2024
1%
ILOSE
Admission of defeat
Universal Crossword · Dec 21, 2024
1%
DEADPIXEL
Digital screen defect
Universal Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
1%
ANEMIC
Iron-deficient, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 9, 2024
1%
EXTREMELYONLINE
Like someone who can define "skibidi" and "Stan Twitter"
Universal Crossword · Dec 7, 2024
1%
ANAEMIA
Result of haemoglobin deficiency
Premier Sunday Crossword · Nov 24, 2024
1%
WHATAREWE
Question asked when defining a relationship
Universal Crossword · Oct 12, 2024
1%
EDGE
Narrowly defeat
Universal Crossword · Sep 20, 2024
1%
GOALIE
Net defender in hockey
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Sep 13, 2024
1%
ABM
Mil. defense letters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2024
1%
HERETIC
Person who defies belief?
Universal Crossword · Sep 2, 2024
1%
OPTICALILLUSION
Misleading image
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2024
1%
FISHFORANSWERS
Ask leading questions
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2024
1%
ROMEO
"... then I defy you, stars!" speaker in a Shakespeare tragedy
Universal Crossword · Aug 9, 2024
1%
INK
Squid's defense
Universal Crossword · Aug 9, 2024
1%
SITUATIONSHIP
Romantic involvement without defined parameters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2024
1%
SCABS
Strike defiers
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jul 24, 2024
1%
IGA
Swiatek who defeated Coco Gauff at the 2024 French Open
Universal Crossword · Jul 22, 2024
1%
TACTIC
Zone defense, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2024
1%
SAFETYPIN
Custom brooch for a defensive back in the NFL?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 2, 2024
1%
ANTLER
Buck's defense
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2024
1%
REBELWITHOUTAPPLAUSE
Movie about one who defies authority and gets absolutely no credit for it?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2024
1%
LOSES
Is defeated
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jun 30, 2024
1%
TOPBILLED
Credited as a leading star
Universal Crossword · Jun 25, 2024
1%
DISARM
Render defenseless
Universal Crossword · Jun 18, 2024
1%
ARIAL
Popular default font
Universal Crossword · May 31, 2024
1%
INKSAC
Part of a squid's defense mechanism
Universal Crossword · May 2, 2024
1%
OPEN
Not protected by defenders
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2024
1%
IRAS
Tax-deferred svgs. plans
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 28, 2024
1%
UPONE
Barely leading
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 7, 2024
1%
SCOPES
Teacher defended by Darrow in 1925
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 23, 2024
1%
DELUDING
Misleading
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 18, 2024
1%
ABOUTFACE
Order leading to quick turnarounds?
Universal Crossword · Mar 17, 2024
1%
LICKS
Soundly defeats
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 15, 2024
1%
LCDTV
High-def screen
Universal Crossword · Mar 11, 2024
1%
AED
Its last letter stands for "defibrillator"
Universal Crossword · Mar 6, 2024
1%
LAILAALI
Undefeated boxer nicknamed “Madame Butterfly”
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Feb 28, 2024
1%
FULLCOURTPRESS
Periodical for prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 18, 2024
1%
TIRELESS
Indefatigable
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 18, 2024
1%
ACLU
Org. defending the Bill of Rights
Universal Crossword · Feb 8, 2024
1%
SAYSSO
States definitively
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 24, 2024
1%
COREMEMORY
One forms in response to a life-defining event
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2024
1%
ATTACK
Players between midfield and defense in lacrosse
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 14, 2024
1%
FIREMARIO
Video game hero who defeats Goombas with flaming projectiles
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 5, 2024
1%
GOALKEEPER
Last line of defense in soccer
Universal Crossword · Jan 1, 2024
1%
MUDBATH
Treatment leading some to say "Ahh!" and some to say "Ick!"
Universal Crossword · Dec 28, 2023
1%
LEVEE
Flood defense
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 24, 2023
1%
SUREIS
"That's definitely true!"
Universal Crossword · Dec 22, 2023
1%
BOWEDTO
Greeted deferentially
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 21, 2023
1%
ISAAC
Asimov who defined the Three Laws of Robotics
Universal Crossword · Dec 17, 2023
1%
MEDUSA
Gorgon defeated by Perseus
Universal Crossword · Dec 14, 2023
1%
HARDRESET
Restoration to factory defaults
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 10, 2023
1%
ALI
Undefeated boxer Laila
Universal Crossword · Dec 7, 2023
1%
JABBA
Villain defeated by Leia
Universal Crossword · Dec 5, 2023
1%
SCAB
Strike defier
Premier Sunday Crossword · Nov 5, 2023
1%
SLANDER
Verbal defamation
Universal Crossword · Oct 25, 2023
1%
LOOPDELOOP
Gravity-defying part of a roller coaster
Universal Crossword · Oct 22, 2023
1%
TCELL
Immune system defender
Universal Crossword · Oct 18, 2023
1%
TAKENAPART
Comprehensively defeated
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 14, 2023
1%
UMPTEENTH
Indefinite ordinal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 5, 2023
1%
NOMOREQUESTIONS
"I'm done defending myself"
Universal Crossword · Sep 24, 2023
1%
END
One may be tight or defensive
Universal Crossword · Sep 23, 2023
1%
LOSTTO
Was defeated by
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Sep 16, 2023
1%
WELOST
Admission of defeat
Universal Crossword · Sep 3, 2023
1%
ICEDUP
In need of defrosting
Universal Crossword · Sep 2, 2023
1%
TWA
JFK hotel named for a defunct airline
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2023
1%
EMT
Pro with a defibrillator
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2023
1%
OGDEN
Nash who said, "You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely"
Universal Crossword · Aug 4, 2023
1%
FAKINGOUT
Successfully misleading
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Aug 2, 2023
1%
CREAM
Decisively defeat
Universal Crossword · Aug 1, 2023
1%
THEMEANINGOFLIFE
Profound philosophical subject, as defined by the answers to 21-, 32-, and 42-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 27, 2023
1%
NORAD
U.S./Canada defense letters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2023
1%
LOSETO
Be defeated by
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jul 8, 2023
1%
THEL
Take __: admit defeat
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 7, 2023
1%
ISA
"The best defense ___ good offense"
Universal Crossword · Jun 14, 2023
1%
STING
Hornet's defense
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 18, 2023
1%
AURA
Hard-to-define glow
Universal Crossword · May 17, 2023
1%
SWEEP
Go undefeated in a tournament
Universal Crossword · May 15, 2023
1%
MOATS
Circular defense mechanisms
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 13, 2023

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How many possible solutions does "DEF lead-in" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 139 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is ABC (3 letters).
What is the best answer for "DEF lead-in"?
The best answer for "DEF lead-in" is ABC with 3 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "DEF lead-in" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on December 25, 2021.
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