Mideast bigwig
The crossword clue "Mideast bigwig" is answered by EMIR, a 4-letter entry. Used 49 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EMIR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMIR answer page.
Used 49 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 13 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.
- AMIR (5 uses in xd)
- EMEER (3 uses in xd)
- AMEER (1 uses in xd)
- SHEIK (1 uses in xd)
- SULTAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EMIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by EMIR, most used first.
- Mideast ruler - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Eastern potentate - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Kuwaiti ruler - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Kuwaiti leader - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
- Qatari leader - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Dubai dignitary - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Mideast airline - ELAL, used 138 times
- Mideast gulf - ADEN, used 129 times
- Mideast carrier - ELAL, used 79 times
- Mideast sultanate - OMAN, used 63 times
- Campus bigwig - DEAN, used 62 times
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