Clues for the word "SHOT"
We've had 279 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 538 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 12, 2025.
Definition of shot
- imp. & p. p. - of Shoot
- - imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
- a. - Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.
- v. t. - A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
- pl. - of Shot
- n. - The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
- n. - A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
- n. - Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
- n. - The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
- n. - A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
- v. t. - To load with shot, as a gun.
Referring Clues
- Kaput
- Worn out
- Goal attempt
- Opportunity
- With 60-Down, Summer Olympics event
- Attempt
- Completely worn out
- Whisky amount
- ___ hole (hole made in wood by an insect)
- Pellets
- Totally gone
- Filmed
- Ruined
- Kind of putter
- Part of a boilermaker
- Muzzleloader's load
- Wrecked
- Photographed
- In bad condition
- Flu season protection
- Kerflooey
- With 40A, a V.I.P.
- Title chance
- Attempt to score
- Ready to be junked
- Whiskey order
- Pic
- Gun blast
- Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best ___"
- Exhausted
- Attempt at a basket
- Tequila serving size
- Mixologist's measure
- Out of gas
- Type of clock or glass
- Short snort
- Worn to a frazzle
- It's thrown at the Summer Olympics
- See 54-Across
- Worn-out
- Whiskey measure
- Bartending measure
- Got a photo of
- Wild guess
- Injection
- Something to put in the Summer Games?
- Pulled the trigger
- Gone to seed
- Tequila serving
- Inoculation
- Golf stroke
- Heavy ball used in sports
- See 29-Down
- Whiskey serving
- Tavern measure
- Jigger of whiskey
- Bar order
- Photo
- Vaccination
- Took a photo of
- Fully expended
- Tried to score
- Try
- Attempt, so to speak
- All gone
- Ounce of liquor
- Emptied a barrel?
- Bartender's measure
- Saloon offering
- Small drink
- Something to put in the Olympics?
- Out of order
- Long finish?
- Marksman
- Word with hot or pot
- Contents of some barrels
- It may precede a chaser
- Took a picture of
- Totally unusable
- Totally busted
- Strong bar offering
- Stab
- Tried to make a basket
- Used a 39-Down
- Amount in a whiskey glass
- Recorded on film
- Scotch serving
- Got the picture
- It's put at a meet
- Beyond repair
- Just what the doctor ordered
- No longer usable
- It may be just what the doctor ordered
- Took a ___ at (tried)
- Quick means of getting tipsy
- Chance to win
- More than just shabby
- A bit of booze
- Opportunity, slangily
- More than just shabby
- Bar buy
- Bar measure
- "I ___ the Sheriff"
- Totally worn out
- Attempt, in basketball
- Kind of glass
- Unrepairable
- Bar belt
- Jab from the doctor
- Fired
- Track and field projectile
- Photograph
- It's often feared at the pediatrician's
- It's just what the doctor ordered
- Targeted launch
- Drink to throw back
- Down the tubes
- Fired a pistol
- Be of benefit
- Assassinated
- Have a ___ at
- Bar order in a very small glass
- Washed up
- Chance
- With 30-Down, hit dead-on
- Fired off
- No longer functional
- Fired a gun
- Immunization
- Ammo
- No longer working
- Spiked gelatin concoction
- NBA scoring attempt, which can be preceded by the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 55-Across
- Word with "put," "glass" or "clock"
- Cappuccino unit
- Filmed a movie
- Fired, as a gun
- "live ___"
- Vodka serving
- Opportunity, in slang
- Irreparable
- Whiskey purchase
- Key word #4
- Fired, as a weapon
- Fired a weapon
- Title opportunity
- Bullet riddled
- Took video of
- See 52-Across
- Discharged a firearm
- Close-up or cutaway, e.g.
- Filmed, as a movie
- Zinger
- Small liquor amount
- Completely busted
- Quick drink
- Kablooey
- Quick bar drink
- Vaccine vehicle
- Tried for a goal
- Serving of Fireball
- tried to score in basketball
- Discharge of a firearm
- It's taken in hockey and basketball
- Fired a cap gun
- It can measure anywhere from 20 to 50 ml
- Serving of 44 ml
- Basketball attempt
- Report
- Word before clock or glass
- Used a gun
- Billy Joel "Big ___"
- Erykah Badu "Rim___"
- Guess marksman still finished
- Stab, an injection
- Hard drinker, externally wrecked
- A crack in the picture
- Wounded in the arm?
- A report and a picture
- See 21
- Attempt - hit with bullet
- Bullet snapped
- Try to get warmer than swarm?
- Moved fast in an attempt to score
- Photographed having a drink
- Fired - attempt
- Filmed drunk outside hotel
- Bullet that possibly commences hostilities?
- Go, having been fired
- Attempt (to kill?)
- Go for a drive
- Photog's take
- Fired - pellet
- Sent a bullet
- Go round
- See 5
- Sound of gun
- Attempt on 17 produces kaleidoscopic stuff
- See 19
- Athlete took out 9 21
- Projectile launcher
- Useless from too much use
- On the fritz
- See 4
- Picture effort
- Gunned down in Paris hotel
- Try and go
- An 11 event, informally
- Attempt a field event
- Small drink of liquor
- Crack and snap
- Still go
- Item in a field event
- "Not by a long ___!"
- Completely ruined
- "I ___ the Sheriff" (Eric Clapton hit)
- Fired, as a water pistol
- Rifle round
- Utterly beyond repair
- Still try
- Worn out, maybe, but have a try
- Liquor amount downed in a gulp
- Bar snort
- Drive or putt
- Exhausted to death
- In the picture, is iridescent
- Picture having a drink
- Drink followed by a chaser, often
- Tequila order
- Drinking game penalty, perhaps
- Attempted a jumper
- Whiskey glass amount
- Single photograph
- Attempt at a score
- No longer operable
- Thing taken in hockey
- Track and field spheroid
- Go and get a drunkard out of breath
- Espresso serving
- Camera capture
- Casual attempt
- Espresso unit
- With which to open hostilities?
- Opportunity, informally
- Photographed with a drink
- Vodka order
- Word after "wrist" or "slap" in hockey
- ___ in the dark (wild guess)
- Jigger at the bar
- Drinking game amount
- Photograph of a tot
- Killed, perhaps, with a single stroke
- Scoring attempt
- Drink and get fired
- Useless, now
- Solid missile
- Goal-scoring attempt
- Flu protection
- It may be a long one
- Camera operator's concern
- Jigger
- Wounded in the arm?
- Ball for Raven Saunders
- Flu ___
- Fired a rifle
- Flu fighter
- Critical remark
- Basketball player's attempt
- Basketball or hockey attempt
- Drink in a tiny glass
- Espresso measurement
- Bullet that possibly commences hostilities?
- "Slap ___"
- See 33-Across
- Attempted a three-point jumper
- Tequila serving, perhaps
- Drink downed in one gulp
- Cocktail measure
- Flu vaccine, for example
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 11, 2025
- Daily American - September 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 24, 2025
- Daily American - August 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 21, 2025
- Daily American - June 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 15, 2025
- Daily American - May 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 30, 2025
- USA Today - March 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 27, 2025
- USA Today - February 22, 2025
- New York Times - February 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 07, 2025
- USA Today - February 05, 2025
- LA Times - January 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 07, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 19, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 15, 2024
- USA Today - October 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 09, 2024
- Daily American - October 07, 2024
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