Clues for the word "GUN"
We've had 222 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 398 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 30, 2026.
Definition of gun
- - of Gin
- n. - A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary.
- n. - A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.
- n. - Violent blasts of wind.
- v. i. - To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.
Referring Clues
- Report maker
- Starter's need
- Hit man
- Automatic, for one
- Rev
- Magazine article
- Report source
- Starter's aid
- Pistol, e.g.
- Something that may be packed
- Floor (it)
- Uzi, for one
- Shooting iron
- Shooter
- Pistol
- Firearm
- It may be smoking
- Shooter (and hint to 20-, 37-, and 57-Across)
- Paintball shooter
- Big bang maker
- Action movie prop
- Thing that goes bang - and a hint to this puzzle's theme
- It may be packed
- Saturday-night special
- Hired killer, in slang
- Paintball player's need
- Luger, e.g.
- Seek, with "for"
- Heater
- Blunderbuss, e.g.
- Reporter?
- Staple dispenser
- Rifle or revolver
- Shot source
- Piece
- One may be fired
- Under the ___
- Rev, as an engine
- Race starter's aid
- Top ___
- Desperado's piece
- "Water," "squirt" or "cap" ending
- Battle scene prop
- Word with "boat," "fire" or "smith"
- If you fire it, it makes a report
- You may hear a report from one
- Smoking evidence?
- Oakley prop
- Radar device
- Colt creation
- Soldering or soldiering need
- Kind of shy?
- Battleship feature
- Starter's device
- Top ___
- Round container
- Round container?
- Engine's throttle
- Item in a holster
- Word with "boat," "fire" or "smith"
- Holster holding
- Lethal weapon
- Luger or Ruger
- Under the ___
- 5-Down, e.g.
- 16-Across sleeps with a pillow under his ___
- One may shoot someone after getting fired
- Accelerate, in a way
- Revolver, e.g.
- Pursue relentlessly (3)
- Cannon, e.g.
- Pistol, for one
- Revolver, for one
- Sight site
- Colt, for one
- Holster contents
- Revolver
- Holster occupant
- Roscoe
- Rev the engine
- See 1-Down
- Oater prop
- Sheriff's weapon
- Get the motor going
- Pistol or rifle
- Musket, e.g.
- Holster item
- Rifle, e.g.
- Weapon
- Colt, e.g.
- Word with top or pop
- Rev, like an engine
- See 39-Across ... and a word that can precede the last word of the starred answers
- Report producer
- Jump the ___
- Piece that can follow the ends of the nine longest puzzle answers
- Cannon or rifle
- Paintballer's need
- Paintball need
- With 115-Down, nervous and apprehensive
- Hired ___
- One of five in this puzzle
- Beretta, for one
- Prop in a western
- Word after pop or top
- Accelerate, slangily
- Rifle
- Desperado's weapon
- Rat-a-tat-tat
- Throw hard
- Handheld weapon
- What a holster holds
- Fired thing
- Under the ___: pressured
- See 67-Across
- Barrel holder
- One making a report
- Race starter
- Try hard (for)
- Big bang creator
- Really go (for)
- Word with water or air
- Hunting rifle, for example
- Rifle for Annie Oakley
- See 61-Down
- "Have ___ will travel"
- Fowling piece
- Staple or nail driver
- Paintball equipment
- Word after grease or glue
- Nail ___ (power tool)
- Howitzer, for one
- "Naked ___"
- Browning, e.g.
- Bullet shooter
- Marksman's buy
- Water or squirt weapon
- Water, squirt or cap
- Water or cap
- Water or cap weapon
- ...with this item
- "Bop ___" (Parliament song)
- Squirt or cap
- Rifle or pistol, e.g.
- Caulking tool
- Derringer, e.g.
- Hunter's weapon
- Magazine holder
- Bullet's home
- Janie's got one
- Kiss "Love ___"
- '77 Kiss album "Love ___"
- More than a barrel can kill you!
- Platform from which to shoot
- "Rod" is the name for a good French one
- As weapons go, a good one
- Reporter having a bit of lunch with a guerrilla leader
- A big one won't pop
- Mining union's weapon?
- Arm
- Armory item
- Well trained, one may finish the game
- Copper piece?
- Rifle or pistol
- Fire-arm
- Smith & Wesson product
- Staple ___
- Paintball weapon
- Round container?
- Piece of equipment for a paintball player
- Glue ___
- Nail shooter
- ___-shy
- Work hard (for)
- Key piece of evidence
- Piece of paintball gear
- Weapon £1,000? Nice one!
- A piece of string, unfortunately
- 38
- Spray ___
- Magazine container
- Hot glue dispenser
- Handyperson's stapling device
- Firing mechanism?
- Western prop
- As a firearm, a good one
- Bulging bicep, in slang
- Word with water, squirt or cap
- Flintlock, e.g.
- As a weapon, a good one
- Word with rights or sights
- Race
- One anticipates jumping it
- Radar product
- Word after "flare" or "laser"
- A weapon, and a good one
- Top weapon?
- Caulking implement
- Weapon filled with water
- Word with ray or tommy
- "Squirt" weapon
- Word after "glue" or "staple"
- Try (for)
- Water or cap firer
- Hollywood action film prop
- Cause to race
- BB weapon
- Jump the ___ (act prematurely)
- Bad sort of runner, but possibly starting a race!
- Super Soaker, e.g.
- Stapling device
- Radar ___
- Mining union's weapon?
- Word after "water" or "ray"
- Word after "finger" or "water"
- Staple ___: upholsterer's tool
- Six-shooter
- Shooting range need
- Weapon, a key French one
- Weapon, presumably a good one
- Rev an engine
- Squirt ___
Last Seen In
- LA Times - January 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 10, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 01, 2025
- Daily American - August 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 29, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 09, 2025
- LA Times - March 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 27, 2024
- LA Times - October 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 29, 2024
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