High-handed Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Sunday, December 21, 2003 · 42-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, December 21, 2003.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · December 21, 2003 · 42-Down · 5 letters
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offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
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