A-lister
The crossword clue "A-lister" is answered by VIP, a 3-letter entry. Used 17 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VIP
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIP answer page.
Used 17 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 6 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.
- CELEBRITY (2 uses in xd)
- TOPNAME (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for VIP
Every other clue in this collection answered by VIP, most used first.
- Big shot - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Bigwig - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Bigwig, for short - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Bigwig, briefly - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Kind of treatment - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
- Big shot, briefly - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Big wheel - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Red-carpet type - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Big shot, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- CEO, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Pooh-bah - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Red carpet walker - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- By way of - VIA, used 728 times
- Compete - VIE, used 486 times
- Actor Kilmer - VAL, used 174 times
- Through - VIA, used 174 times
- Neckline shape - VEE, used 162 times
- Contend - VIE, used 159 times
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