Person in charge
The crossword clue "Person in charge" is answered by BOSS, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 10 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 18 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 10 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.
- AUTHORITYFIGURE (1 uses in xd)
- BIGKAHUNA (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
- Office leader - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- One in charge - 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
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.
- Per person - EACH, used 135 times
- Person, place or thing - NOUN, used 111 times
- First person - ADAM, used 94 times
- Annoying person - PEST, used 93 times
- Hilarious person - RIOT, used 91 times
- Per person - APOP, used 76 times
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