One in charge
The crossword clue "One in charge" is answered by BOSS, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOSS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOSS answer page.
Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BIGSHOT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BOSS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOSS, most used first.
- Head honcho - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Supervisor - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Big cheese - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Employer - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Order (around) - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Honcho - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Person in charge - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Office leader - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Chief - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
- Foreman - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- Overseer - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Tweed, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 1997
- Office bigwig - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Big kahuna - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Company head - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Springsteen's nickname, with "the" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Manager - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Springsteen sobriquet - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Top dog - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Worker's supervisor - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Office VIP. - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- From square one - ANEW, used 181 times
- Wise one - SAGE, used 146 times
- One - UNIT, used 118 times
- "Not guilty," for one - PLEA, used 117 times
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