| Lead-in for faith or face |
| Brute's lead-in? |
| Lead-in to a juicy rumor |
| Lead-in to some written advice |
| Lead-in for -sanct |
| Lead-in to physics or turf |
| Christmas and New Year's lead-ins |
| Lead-in for bird or walk |
| Zooks lead-in? |
| Nelson's lead-in? |
| B-movie lead-pumper |
| Nautical lead-in? |
| Lead-up to a Web implosion of the late 1990s (5) |
| Lead-up to the Great Recession |
| Holiday lead-ins |
| Lead-in to an awkward topic |
| Lead-in to a texter's viewpoint |
| Lead-in to plunk or plop |
| Lead-in for "state" or "face |
| Oxymoronic lead-in to "then |
| Lead-pipe cinch! |
| Lead-in to 'There's more!' |
| Cow lead-in? |
| Lead-ins to holidays |
| First of three Mets to hit a lead-off home run in a World Series Game 3 (he did it in '69, Garrett in '73, and Dykstra in '86) |
| Dame's lead-in? |
| Later lead-in? |
| Silver lead-in? |
| Quote lead-in? |
| Miracle Mets lead-off man |