Big shot, for short Crossword Clue

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Big shot, for short Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SHOT (noun)
1. an estimate based on little or no information
2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm
SHOT (adjective)
1. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
BIG (adjective)
1. given or giving freely
2. very intense
BIG (adverb)
1. in a boastful manner

More WSJ Crossword (7/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. In support of

4. Farfalle or fusilli, for example

9. Taunting remarks

14. Anger

15. Polite way to eat udon, in Japan

16. Oil platform

17. Aquatic rescue ring

19. Committed to paper

20. A bit wet

23. Capote, to his pals

24. Scat legend Fitzgerald

25. Subject of some down-vs.-up arguments

29. Misleads

31. Spot for a sermon

32. Roast host

35. Splices a movie together, say

36. Cassette successor

39. Part of a chain, perhaps

41. Rakish fellows

42. Pies served hot

44. Target of statistical analysis

49. Aromatic breakfast item

52. Bangkok language

53. Be behind

54. Knee part often injured in sports, for short

55. Lightning producer

56. Grows dimmer

59. Golfer’s dream shot, and what 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across each have

62. Break out, as fighting

63. Marking on a calendar

64. Unagi-roll ingredient

65. Settle, as a debt

66. Monopoly stack

67. Not wet

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Down

1. Made movies

2. Baltimore baseballer

3. Coffee request at a diner

4. Audible alternative to a tap on the shoulder

5. Chicken __ king

6. Minivan’s kin, for short

7. Famed Roman fountain

8. Tax-filing month

9. Synagogue attendee

10. Knack for music

11. Difficult to understand

12. Take back, as an accusation

13. Gumshoes

18. Jacob's twin

22. Chest muscle, informally

25. Day worker

26. Statuette for Streep

27. Believer in a god

28. Beer, slangily

30. Belittle

33. 'Green' prefix

34. Musical exercise piece

36. Got friendly

37. Rice-shaped 4-Across

38. Good bargain

39. Parodist

40. Products sold by Yankee peddlers

43. Org. that aids mom-and-pop companies

45. Abbr. for a letter recipient

46. Chased away

47. Salary recipient

48. Opportune

50. Felt sore

51. Fielding need

55. Doesn't play

57. Water-monitoring org.

58. Place for pigs

60. Bruce of martial arts movies

61. Finish

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