The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ERASES , but the solution may also be MINES which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Gets the lead out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ERASES | 56 % | 6 |
| MINES | 15 % | 5 |
| SMELTS | 11 % | 6 |
| HIES | 7 % | 4 |
| STEPSONIT | 4 % | 9 |
| HURRIES | 4 % | 7 |
| SPEEDSUP | 4 % | 8 |
Why may SMELTS be the right solution?
"Getting the lead out" is an idiom that means to move quickly or hurry up. "Smelting" is a process that involves melting and purifying a metal, such as lead. Therefore, "smelts" is a play on words that fits the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gets the lead out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hurry up
- speed up
- accelerate
- pick up pace
- accelerated
- fast track
- speedy
- accelerating
- quicken
- hastening
- career
- gun
Crossword Answer definitions
ERASES noun- The operation of deleting data.
- To remove markings or information
- To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
- To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
- To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed or be cleared of information).
- To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
- To kill; assassinate.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ERASES
- Rubs out
- Formats
- Wipes off
- Clears away
- Rubs the wrong away
- Deletes
- Does some board work
- Gets the word out?
- Obliterates
- Wipes clean
More clues leading to the result MINES
- "King Solomon's ___"
- Looks for lodes
- Gets gems
- Goes for the gold
- Gold diggers' targets
- Extraction sites
- Goes for the gold?
- Gets the lead out?
- Rock groups' locales?
- Digs for gold
More clues leading to the result SMELTS
- Refines metal
- Refines, as ore
- Prepares ores
- Salmon relatives
- Refines
- Small silvery fishes
- Processes ore
- Does foundry work
- Produces steel
- Processes, as ore
More clues leading to the result HIES
- Hotfoots it!
- Hurries along
- Rushes
- Gets a move on
- Gets out of here quickly
- Leaves
- Makes a quick retreat
- Moves in a hurry
- Rushes in the past
- Hastens
More clues leading to the result STEPSONIT
- Puts the pedal to the metal
- Really gets moving
- *Hits the gas
- Burns rubber
- Peels out
- Gets the lead out
- Accelerates
- Gets moving
- Wastes no time
- Picks up the pace