Clues for the word "PISTOL"
We've had 91 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 148 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on August 25, 2025.
Definition of pistol
- n. - The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.
- v. t. - To shoot with a pistol.
Referring Clues
- Symbol of hotness
- It may be drawn
- Epitome of hotness
- Duel item
- Shooter's arm
- Holster contents
- Side arm
- Short shooter
- Small firearm
- Starter's need
- Walther PPK, for one
- Small handgun
- Rod
- Something to draw
- Energetic person
- Water gun, e.g.
- Pentathlete's equipment
- Little shooter
- Starting gun
- Small gun
- Dueler's gun
- Track-meet accessory
- Starter's arm
- Vivacious person
- Six-shooter
- Handgun
- Duel weapon
- Word from the German for "pipe"
- Packed piece
- Dueling weapon
- Word from the Czech for "pipe"
- Starter's gun
- Sidearm
- What a packing person may pack
- Energetic sort
- High energy person
- Glock, e.g.
- Oklahoma State mascot ___ Pete
- Firing-range weapon
- Energetic one
- Sidearm outlaws pack
- Firearm
- Hand-gun
- Shakespearean - weapon
- Mistress Quickly's husband may be fired
- Character with one arm
- A badly spoilt banger
- The weapon slip, somehow, to inside
- Arm spoilt in more ways than one?
- After many a drink, coming back may be loaded
- Shakespearean character used in an infamous theatrical assassination
- Killer in Shakespeare
- Having had a lot to drink, returned with a gun
- In disguise, slip round to get the gun
- In Shakespeare, did he get fired?
- To slip badly in a Shakespearean role
- I start to panic over something drawn on the turn, duelling weapon?
- A reporter playing a Shakespearean role
- See 1
- Race starter's need
- Kind of gun, ancient to Shakespeare
- Capriciously spoilt Shakespearean role
- Gun first seized by force, not half!
- Plenty turning up to support religious character in Shakespeare play
- "Hamilton" prop
- Derringer, for example
- Rod, after a great deal to drink, falls over
- This character is in a devious plot
- "Westworld" weapon
- Colt spoilt with mistreatment
- Weapon designed for pilots?
- A good many stand by the gun
- Glock, for one
- Weapon causing pilots to crash
- Revolver
- Trump is to legitimise carrying a handgun
- Colt, maybe
- Plied with a lot, to drink, gives back the gun
- NBA great "___ Pete" Maravich
- Water ___ (toy)
- Weapon of Shakespearean character
- Ring and, in turmoil, split about the weapon
- In a plot that's convoluted, is the potential killer
- One traditionally drawn at dawn
- Gun
- Energetic type
- Shakespeare character, terribly spoilt
- In Shakespeare, did he get fired?
- Colt, for one
- Spirited person
- Top gun?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 15, 2025
- New York Times - July 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 07, 2025
- Daily American - February 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 04, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 01, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 27, 2024
- LA Times - June 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 14, 2024
- New York Times - June 09, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 26, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 19, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - June 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 30, 2023
- And in 118 more crossword puzzles...