Clues for the word "GUN"
We've had 216 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 373 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on November 27, 2024.
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
Last Seen In
- 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
- Evening Standard Easy - August 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 06, 2024
- Family Time - May 12, 2024
- Family Time - April 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 19, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 12, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 06, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 29, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - October 16, 2023
- LA Times - October 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 02, 2023
- Daily American - August 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - June 22, 2023
- LA Times - June 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 22, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 12, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - April 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - April 06, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - March 31, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - March 18, 2023
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