Big shot
The crossword clue "Big shot" is answered by MOGUL, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MOGUL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOGUL answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MOGUL
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOGUL, most used first.
- Tycoon - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Business bigwig - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Bigwig - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Magnate - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Powerful person - used 7 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.
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