Call the shots Crossword Clue

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Call the shots Crossword Answer

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RULE

(4 letters)

DIRECT

(6 letters)

DICTATE

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play

Hint 2: Clue Definition

CALL (verb)
1. assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
2. make a prediction about; tell in advance
CALL (noun)
1. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
2. a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

RULE
(4 letters)
DIRECT
(6 letters)
DICTATE
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
FER

More LA Times Crossword (4/4/2026) Answers

Across

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9. Coastal landmark

13. "Better than perfect!"

15. Top spot

16. 1990s deodorant brand whose name inspired a Nirvana song

18. Harvest

19. Cardinal pts.?

20. Helper in a Cinderella story

22. Game cube

23. Detective Monaghan in Laura Lippman novels

24. Target that may have chalk marks

26. "Seconded"

29. Tam pattern

30. Short strings?

31. Part of a security check

34. Tabloid duo

35. Sunders

36. Extremely dry

37. Crunchy legumes

39. 'The Sound of Music' heroine

40. With no sense of urgency

41. Seiko brand

42. Future maple syrup

44. Symbol on a staff

46. Maker of Scribble Scrubbie Pets products

48. Low digit

51. O'Keeffe flower

53. Water park?

55. Remedy

56. Final novel of Willa Cather's "Prairie" trilogy

57. Joint with crossed cruciate ligaments

58. "The Great Gatsby" term of endearment

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Down

1. Actor Bomer

2. Page full of takes

3. La Liga cheers

4. Sister

5. Source of some updates

6. Antagonize

7. Perks of big promotions, maybe?

8. Cobain of Nirvana

9. Course standard

10. Winter Olympics pairs

11. "Inbox zero" obstacle

12. Ward (off)

14. Some chip holders

17. Sign of spring

21. Clears

23. Stomp all over

25. Beer whose logo was the U.K.'s first registered trademark

26. Goddess of the Great Ennead

27. Abbr. on a memo

28. Serious cooking mishap

29. Like cheap speakers

31. Italian entree, familiarly

32. Covent Garden solo

33. At hand

35. Poster heading

38. Pear variety

39. Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters attendees

41. Marie Curie's homeland

42. Take in

43. Many an episode on MeTV

44. Pad in Mexican cuisine

47. Ma who founded the arts organization Silkroad

48. 'This can't be good . . .'

49. Cain genre

50. Basic Latin verb

52. Last word of the first verse of "Amazing Grace"

54. Procedural figure

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