Head honcho
The crossword clue "Head honcho" is answered by CHIEF, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CHIEF
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHIEF answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CHIEF
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHIEF, most used first.
- Main - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Primary - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Principal - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Most important - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
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