Clues for the word "RIFLE"
We've had 196 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 455 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on June 15, 2026.
Definition of rifle
- v. t. - To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
- v. t. - To strip; to rob; to pillage.
- v. t. - To raffle.
- v. i. - To raffle.
- v. i. - To commit robbery.
- n. - A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.
- n. - A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
- n. - A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
- v. t. - To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.
- v. t. - To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.
Referring Clues
- Search messily
- Rob
- Kind of range
- M-1, for one
- Ransack and rob
- M-16, e.g.
- Winchester, e.g.
- Winchester, for one
- Search and rob
- Ransack
- Biathlon need
- Biathlete's burden
- Springfield, e.g.
- Plunder
- Biathlete's need
- Go through
- Long arm
- Something to get a kick out of
- Rummage
- Long arm?
- Lock, stock, and barrel?
- Biathlon weapon
- Lock, stock, and barrel
- Annie Oakley's prop
- Biathlon gear
- Item shot at a range
- Hunter's weapon
- Biathlete's weapon
- Search (through)
- Winchester weapon
- Sentry's weapon
- Springfield or Winchester
- Weapon for target shooting
- Remington product
- M-1, e.g.
- Sharpshooter's firearm
- What a sniperscope gets attached to
- Groovy gun?
- Smoothbore alternative
- Biathlete's item
- Long shooter
- Hurl hard
- Musket, e.g.
- Elmer Fudd prop
- Long weapon
- Annie Oakley's accessory
- Annie Oakley's firearm
- Chuck Connors' Winchester
- Chuck Connors trademark
- Cartridge holder
- Doughboy's weapon
- Annie Oakley's tool
- Engage in ransacking
- Part of NRA
- Sort (through)
- Winchester product
- Biathlete's gear
- Long-barreled weapon
- Drill item
- Hunter's gun
- The "R" in NRA
- M1 in WWII
- Remington arm
- The "R" in N.R.A.
- Firearm
- Hunting weapon
- Long gun
- Go through energetically, as drawers
- NRA part
- Weapon
- Hunting need
- Soldier's arm
- Item with a barrel
- Gun type
- Springfield, for one
- Sight site
- Winchester or Springfield
- It might be loaded
- It may be resting on a sentry's shoulder
- Sharpshooter's weapon
- Elmer Fudd's weapon
- Hunter's arm
- Pillage
- Muzzleloader, e.g.
- Shoulder weapon
- Hunter's gear
- AK-47, e.g.
- It can kick back
- It may have a wood stock
- Browning, for one
- What you'll need for the big game?
- What the Lexington Minuteman statue holds
- Type of gun
- Rummage (through)
- Certain gun
- Gun
- Backwoods weapon
- M1, for one
- M16, for one
- Fudd's weapon
- Lock, stock and barrel?
- One taking a long shot?
- Ransacking weapon?
- Minuteman munition
- Crockett's weapon
- Certain shooting iron
- Type of range
- Leave in disarray, probably
- Tin soldier's weapon
- It has a lock, stock and barrel
- Go through hastily, as drawers
- Search quickly through
- Part of N.R.A.
- Soldier's weapon
- Carbine
- Firearm found in sack
- Gun fired initially in anger
- Search messily for a firearm
- Weapon with a long barrel
- NRA piece?
- Part of the NRA
- "Stolen Shoes & a ___" Blitzen Trapper
- Blondie "___ Range"
- Arm uprooting the Spanish tree
- Weapon in sack
- Gun - steal
- Large gun found in search
- Search for a killer?
- Weapon that's sweet, taking head off
- Search through to get the gun
- Killer with the right to take life, maybe?
- Raw beginner mistaking a file for a weapon!
- Search and subject to an amount of pilfering, possibly
- More than a barrel, or even a butt!
- Plunder is common around Leatherhead
- Plunder - ransack
- Upset about head of family one's butted?
- General carries sovereign's weapon
- Ransack - firearm
- Strip firing mechanism
- Gun left buried in common
- Take from stricken flier
- Gun, toy blowing head off
- Pixie (Irish) brought up in Winchester?
- In anger fellow produces weapon
- Rob's half-hearted flick through magazine?
- Shotgun kin
- Hunting gun
- Search in Winchester
- General holding large gun
- Lifer contrived to get weapon
- Plunder from chamber if left unattended
- Gunfire spasmodic around lake
- Weapon is thing of little value without its starter
- Firearm that removes the top of nothing
- Right to get life after setting off a gun
- Woman involved in resistance on French island produces a gun
- ... to plunder something that can kill
- Steal a gun ___
- Cap removed from toy gun
- Upset about loud firearm
- Fellow breaks needle and arm
- Winchester's one awfully common pupil gets detention
- It may be scoped
- Something you could possibly fire, keeping a level head
- Search and rob of a weapon
- Weapon wielded in "The Revenant"
- Feature of many a Daniel Boone depiction
- Played losing sides for loot
- Weapon in Westerns
- Pillage with gun
- Gun for poor flier
- Long firearm
- Trapshooting need
- Annie Oakley's weapon
- It makes the bullets go round
- Hunter's firearm
- Rob, lock stock and barrel
- Search through hastily
- Biathlon firearm
- Weapon possible to fire round a corner?
- Place for a bayonet
- As returned by some travel firm in Springfield?
- Infantry weapon
- Go through quickly
- Search and rob a potential killer
- Firearm with long barrel
- Throw very hard
- Piece of equipment for a biathlete
- Search for a killer?
- ___ through (quickly search)
- ___ through (search)
- Killer with the right to take life, maybe?
- Biathlete's equipment
- Long-barreled gun
- Infantry arm
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - June 15, 2026
- LA Times - June 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 20, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 30, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 26, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 15, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 05, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 16, 2025
- LA Times - November 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 10, 2025
- New York Times - October 09, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 22, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 25, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 23, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 21, 2025
- New York Times - March 25, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 22, 2025
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