Historical clue formulations

• Big cheese — 2026-04-10
• Level-ending foe — 2025-10-16
• Person with fire power — 2025-08-15
• Freelancer's lack — 2025-07-10
• First-rate, in slang — 2025-05-09
• Push (around) — 2024-11-17
• Final opponent in a video game level — 2024-08-20
• One who manages to get by? — 2024-08-04
• Final opponent in many a video game — 2023-10-15
• Office leader — 2023-08-21
• Video game hurdle — 2023-07-08
• Top dog — 2021-05-13
• "Like a ___!" — 2020-07-30
• Office head — 2020-06-15
• Head honcho — 2020-04-24
• Head honcho — 2019-07-09
• Cool, colloquially — 2018-06-16
• Order (around) — 2018-05-20
• Director — 2018-03-15
• Big enchilada — 2017-08-15
• Higher-up — 2017-07-13
• Office head — 2017-06-26
• Office monitor — 2016-07-01
• Office V.I.P. — 2016-04-19
• Hirer/firer — 2015-01-18
• Order (around) — 2014-10-03
• Give orders to — 2013-10-06
• Head of an office — 2013-09-02
• One who's in charge — 2013-04-29
• Decision-maker — 2012-11-23
• One giving orders — 2012-10-01
• Terrific, in slang — 2012-09-16
• One calling the shots — 2010-12-21
• Rad — 2010-06-20
• Head honcho — 2009-12-15
• One with fire power? — 2008-09-12
• Big guy — 2006-05-14
• "Who's the ___?" — 2006-01-31
• Head honcho — 2005-05-10
• Order (around) — 2004-06-23
• Bruce Springsteen, with "the" — 2004-05-17
• Order (around) — 2004-01-12
• Padrone — 2003-12-18
• Big cheese — 2002-12-08
• One giving orders — 2002-08-19
• Cool, once — 2002-08-04
• Chief — 2001-03-17
• Push (around) — 2000-04-02
• Order (around) — 1999-12-22
• Political V.I.P. — 1999-06-04