Front-runner Crossword Clue

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Front-runner Crossword Answer

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PACER

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
2. a person who rules or guides or inspires others

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FRONT-RUNNER (noun)
1. a competitor thought likely to win
RUNNER (noun)
1. (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
2. fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

PACER
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
DEALER

More New Yorker Crossword (8/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. State that’s home to Crater Lake National Park

7. Desires

12. Edgar Allan Poe poem about a haunting black bird

14. “Animal Farm” genre

15. “Count me way in!”

16. ___ the score (tied up the game)

18. Elm, oak, or ash

20. Screening org. at LAX or LGA

21. Save-the-___ card

22. Decorative pillowcase

23. What a repeat borrower accumulates

24. "My lips ___ sealed"

25. Unspoken

27. Spirit said to grant wishes

28. Resident of the Lone Star State

29. Restored to working order

30. Naturally early riser

33. Sections of white water

34. Point the finger at

35. Zones

36. Pistols-at-dawn battles

37. Sound from a dove

40. This blows

41. Square one?

42. Number of suits in a standard deck of playing cards

43. Genetic material

44. Karaoke selection

45. Rival of ancient Athens

47. Apple AirPod, e.g.

49. Anesthetic option for labor pains, familiarly

51. Military forces

52. Major warning signs

53. Stands the test of time

54. Grinding tool used with a mortar

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Down

1. My goodness!

2. Empathize

3. Slowly wear away

4. Was generous

5. "___ my dead body!"

6. Part of a soccer goal

7. One might destroy a sandcastle

8. Snacked on

9. Company behind Pokémon and Super Mario Bros.

10. “Very good!,” in Versailles

11. “I Wanna Be ___” (1978 Ramones song)

12. Oscar winner Swinton

13. Source of hubbub that ultimately turns out to be insignificant

14. Appear to be

19. Dirty, rotten scoundrel

22. Digitize, as a document

23. Like thick fog

25. Takes care of, with “to”

26. Line around which a planet rotates

27. Microbes

28. Three-note chord

29. Lunch or brunch

30. Tomato-based pasta sauce

31. What a warm welcome is given with, so to speak

32. Begged earnestly

33. Short end of the stick

36. Bear's lair

37. Livestock enclosure

38. Temporary loss of power

39. Non-written exams

41. Silent signals of approval

42. Fracture in the earth’s crust

44. Takes to court

45. Salad or mashed potatoes, maybe

46. Adobe Acrobat files

48. Very small amount

50. ___ talk (morale-boosting speech)

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