Government policy bigwig Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Government policy bigwig” from the New York Times crossword of July 26, 2025? It has 4 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.

Crossword answer

NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 26, 2025

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Hints

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Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

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More clues from the New York Times (July 26, 2025)

Across

1. Pop singer Rexha
5. Playful in tone
9. Group that got Sweden its first Eurovision win
13. Sautéing option with a high smoke point
16. Home, in slang
17. Poisonous plant rumored to have killed the emperor Augustus
18. Word with hot or double
19. Starting to move
20. What one reads, watches and listens to, collectively
22. Dictionaries have many of these: Abbr.
24. Underappreciated
25. Lots and lots
29. Enough
31. Squash, e.g.
32. Period coinciding with the growth of the internet
35. Chicken ___ king
36. When you're in it, you're in hot water
37. Sch. that's home to the Mountaineers
38. Beast of burden
40. Peeps at
41. "Come in!"
42. Leans toward
44. Alternative to a bow
47. Uppermost limit
48. Has only the best intentions
51. Feature of many a handbag
55. Running, but not moving
56. Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan, to an economist
58. Eye of the storm
59. Plays dice with God, so to speak
60. Things on rings
61. Casual hangout
62. Composer Satie

Down

1. Rum-soaked cake
2. Times to look forward
3. Leave quickly
4. Overshadow
5. Button next to a suggested contact, maybe
6. Quarters
7. Possible indicator of construction ahead
8. Rishi Sunak was the first one to become a British prime minister
9. Play the fool
10. Smarts
11. They separate hands and handlebars
12. Give some immoral support, perhaps?
14. "This is sooo frustrating!"
15. Sprawled out, say
21. "Same here!"
23. Street racer, usually
25. Billing line
26. "Well, as it happens …"
27. Sites of mutations on chromosomes
28. Flummox
30. Denizens of the Great Victoria Desert
31. Go like :O
33. Government policy bigwig
34. ___ Türeci, physician/scientist who co-founded BioNTech
36. Lawn recreation with a portmanteau name
39. Germs of ideas
40. Possible topic for a couples therapist
43. "Get your ___ first and then you can distort them as much as you please": Mark Twain
45. Pop flies?
46. Acceptances
48. Exploit over time
49. Common guacamole ingredient
50. Goes around, in a way
52. Vegan alternative to gelatin
53. ___ Institute, home to the Carl Sagan Center
54. Avenue for early learning, in brief
57. Unspecified term in a sequence

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Questions

What is the answer to “Government policy bigwig”?

CZAR, 4 letters: an emperor or king.

When was “Government policy bigwig” last seen in a crossword?

In the New York Times crossword of July 26, 2025.

How many letters does the answer have?

4 letters, starting with C.