Hit the big time
The crossword clue "Hit the big time" is answered by ARRIVE, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ARRIVE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARRIVE answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ARRIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARRIVE, most used first.
- Show up - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Get there - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Get in - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Make it - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
- Make it big - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Achieve success - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Come in - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Reach one's destination - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Attain success. - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Come - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Depart's opposite - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Succeed - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Land - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn up - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- In the thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
- Pass, as time - ELAPSE, used 82 times
- Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
- On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
- On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
- Go by, as time - ELAPSE, used 70 times
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