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Word "ASSASSIN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
Synonyms:
assassinator, bravo
Examples:
his assassins were hunted down like animals
assassinators of kings and emperors

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

Crossword Clues for ASSASSIN

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Killer making pair of idiots popular (8) Puzzler Cryptic 18 Aug 2025
The -, 1945 Broadway stage play by Irwin Shaw (8) Mirror Quiz 01 Aug 2025
When soldiers get wrong killer
Hit man (8) Mirror Classic 09 Jul 2025
Dope repeatedly available on killer (8)
Hitman gets two fools at home (8)
Fool after fool taken in by the killer (8)
Someone who kills by surprise attack (8)
Eve Macarro, by the end of a 2025 "From the World of John Wick" movie
Two fools at home with hitman (8)
Killer (of a prominent person)
Killer taking two idiots in (8) Puzzler Cryptic 21 May 2025
Two donkeys in place of a killer (8)
Paid killer (8) Puzzler 02 May 2025
Killer dope entertaining soldiers one November The Times Cryptic 28 Apr 2025
Hired murderer The Sun Two Speed 23 Apr 2025
One kills when best troops do wrong (8) The Sun Two Speed 23 Apr 2025
He killed the two idiots in the end (8)
Killer of animals at home
Killer, hitman (8)
He'll murder the two idiots betting! (8)
She had a hit with Heart Of Glass, as singer (8)
Hired-gun takes two donkeys in
He killed two animals in the end (8)
Hired murderer The Sun Two Speed 23 Feb 2025
One kills when elite troops stray from path The Sun Two Speed 23 Feb 2025
Violent Asians capture SS killer (8)
Hired murderer (8) Puzzler 23 Jan 2025
He kills the two twits in the end (8)
Two donkeys to uncover tiny killer (8)
Hit man Mirror Classic 31 Dec 2024
Idiot seeing trespass hired gun
Criminal supplying two dopes favoured (8) Puzzler Cryptic 21 Dec 2024
Killer of 25 sins (8)
Killer donkey repeated 'In!' (8)
He killed a couple of fools in the end (8)
Hired murderer The Sun Two Speed 08 Dec 2024
One kills when best troops go astray The Sun Two Speed 08 Dec 2024
Hired murderer (8) Puzzler 07 Dec 2024
Murderer for hire
Hired killer The Times Concise 05 Dec 2024
A hired killer (8)
One who murders a political figure (8)
Two fools in murderous combination (8)
Person killing two fools at home (8)
Person hired to kill, while special forces failing (8)
While accompanying special forces, offend a killer
When special forces do wrong with a hitman
Hired murderer (8) Puzzler 13 Oct 2024
Killer beasts very popular (8)
Hit man Mirror Classic 09 Oct 2024
A member of a secret sect of Muslim fanatics of the 11c-13c who murdered their victims (8)
Pair of idiots at home hired gun, perhaps The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Sep 2024
Fool twice by means of offer? The Times Cryptic 06 Sep 2024
Two idiots and a smart killer (8)
Idiot twice enclosed by killer The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Aug 2024
One killing animal - a small offence The Times Quick Cryptic 05 Aug 2024
Two donkeys get in for killer (8)
Killer of two donkeys at home (8) Puzzler Cryptic 17 Jul 2024
One hired to liquidate Berks home The Times Sunday Cryptic 14 Jul 2024
One who kills when soldiers do wrong The Times Quick Cryptic 12 Jul 2024
Hit man Mirror Classic 06 Jul 2024
Lee Harvey Oswald, e.g.
He kills a couple of fools in the end
Hit man as anti-terrorist group turns to crime (8)
A ship twice gets in a killer (8)
When fool immersed in wrongdoing becomes a killer (8)
Originally, a member of a secretive sect in the Middle East, which threatened local caliphates and killed crusaders The Times Specialist Sunday 12 May 2024
One given contract perhaps when almost impertinent throughout (8)
The Blind ____, novel by Margaret Atwood that won the Booker Prize in 2000 (8)
Murderer is a fool because wrong
A murderer (8)
Politically motivated killer
Killer popular with two idiots The Sun Two Speed 15 Apr 2024
Hired murderer The Sun Two Speed 15 Apr 2024
He killed the two animals that got in
Mr. Smith or Mrs. Smith
James Earl Ray, e.g.
Killer for hire
Pair of idiots elected Oswald, for instance (8)
Hitman finding fools fashionable (8)
Articles about guards wrong to cover top suspect as killer (8)
Murderer of two fools at home (8)
The two twits got in a hit man (8)
It's criminal to take a couple of fools in
Fool appearing twice in The Executioner The Sun Two Speed 04 Feb 2024
Hired murderer The Sun Two Speed 04 Feb 2024
One kills when SAS stray from path
He kills two idiots in the end (8)
One kills animal -- a small offence? The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Dec 2023
One kills animal - a small offence? (8)
Hired murderer The Telegraph Quick 25 Nov 2023
Killer twin fools at home The Times Cryptic 18 Aug 2023
John Wilkes Booth or Lee Harvey Oswald, say The Guardian Quick 19 Jun 2023
Booth or Oswald, notably Premier Sunday 18 Jun 2023
Killer has got in behind two idiots The Times Cryptic 23 May 2023
Killer of two donkeys at home The Telegraph Cryptic 08 May 2023
Killer of a prominent figure The Guardian Quick 30 Mar 2023
Charlotte Corday, to Jean-Paul Marat New York Times 26 Feb 2023
Like the impertinence of hitmaker? The Telegraph Toughie 16 Dec 2022
Hitman The Telegraph Quick 01 Aug 2022
Killer, idiot repeatedly elected The Times Cryptic 20 Jun 2022
Hired killer Irish Times Simplex 24 May 2022
Repeatedly, Las Vegan's behind favoured hitman
Couple of beastly figures up north capable of getting away with murder Irish Times Crosaire 03 Feb 2022
Hired killer Irish Times Simplex 21 Jan 2022
Hired killer Irish Times Simplex 27 Dec 2021
Murderer‘s impertinence when in jails
Booth in a theater, e.g.? Wall Street Journal 29 Nov 2021
Hired gun hot to go after two idiots
Dangerous customer two idiots elected The Times Cryptic 12 Nov 2021
Booth, in a theater Wall Street Journal 28 Oct 2021
Political killer The Times Concise 28 Aug 2021
She may be interested in taking some men out: essentially easy going and without disrespectful speech
One's paid to kill two animals at home The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Jun 2021
Couple of beastly figures up north capable of getting away with murder Irish Times Crosaire 18 May 2021
Hired killer Irish Times Simplex 15 Apr 2021
He ices a couple of out-of-date cakes on the spot
Killer The Telegraph Quick 18 Mar 2021
Hired gun: twin fools in for it? The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Mar 2021
One kills two turkeys at home The Sun Two Speed 07 Feb 2021
Hired murderer The Sun Two Speed 07 Feb 2021
Fool appearing twice in The Executioner The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2021
Two idiots batting hit man
Cheek eaten by an evil murderer The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Dec 2020
Butcher takes two animals in The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Dec 2020
One kills when best troops go astray The Sun Two Speed 24 Oct 2020
Ninja, for instance Universal 21 Sep 2020
Excited Asians encircle elite corps's killer 
Two imbeciles at home revealing killer
One murders for political or monetary reasons Irish Times Simplex 24 Jul 2020
Killer popular with two idiots The Sun Two Speed 16 Jun 2020
One kills when elite troops stray from path
Killer finds a pair of idiots at home
Booth perhaps was for polling soldiers? Wrong
One with contract taking pair of idiots in
One with a killer job Wall Street Journal 26 Dec 2019
One with contract taking pair of idiots in
Killer elected by a couple of idiots
Killer who has a cheek, interrupting crime
Booth, for example, with Charlie and Jenny in?
One takes out two jacks at home The Sun Two Speed 05 Oct 2019
Top brass repeatedly involved with liquidator
Killer clown seen twice at home The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jul 2019
Hired murderer Irish Times Simplex 19 Jul 2019
Couple of fools batting for killer The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Jun 2019
One kills when crack troops go astray
One kills when SAS lapse The Sun Two Speed 25 May 2019
Paid killer Irish Times Simplex 20 May 2019
Killer The Times Concise 26 Apr 2019
He's paid to kill Jenny with arsenic (a serious offence)
Killer of topless girls getting home
One making hits popular by the Blockheads
A sauce eaten by wrong butcher?
One making a killing New York Times 23 Nov 2018
One kills when elite troops go astray The Sun Two Speed 15 Oct 2018
. Doubly fool one new killer
Killer shows when to commit offence with donkey
Stupid pair join in naming the killer
Political/religious killer The Times Concise 25 Jun 2018
Professional offer? Wall Street Journal 09 Jun 2018
Over in Saint-Denis, SAS saw sniper, say The Telegraph Cryptic 29 May 2018
A second error by crack troops exposing murderer
One making a killing
Professional offer?
Murderer The Telegraph Quick 28 Dec 2017
Frequent action-film villain Newsday 06 Nov 2017
Repeatedly Charlie at the crease sees bumper off
One kills when crack troops go astray
Killer since caught in dope offence The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Aug 2017
One who kills a couple of idiots at home
Pair of idiots at home – one's a killer!
Couple of fools from the heart of Nottingham responsible for hit after hit Irish Times Crosaire 10 Feb 2017
One's paid to take out another two nitwits with it
Fools stay at home, he takes them out
Ruby, for example, popular with idiots
Two fools in killer combination The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Aug 2016
Like a special regiment confronting evil killer
America's wrong to imprison special forces' hit man
Pompous pair not out, but one might take you out!
One taking someone out, seeing Wally and Charlie in
Killer's half an inch behind fools
Two pairs of smalls under a popular offer? The Telegraph Toughie 28 Jan 2016
Paid killer The Sun Two Speed 21 Dec 2015
Criminal supplying two dopes favoured The Sun Two Speed 21 Dec 2015
Killer donkeys at home
Offer? The Washington Post 21 Nov 2015
Political murderer The Times Concise 19 Nov 2015
Hired gun Universal 08 Nov 2015
He'll kill animals in the end The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Sep 2015
Hit man Universal 25 Sep 2015
Couple of fools on Central Line with one of those responsible for hit after hit Irish Times Crosaire 18 Sep 2015
Fool wrong to assume arsenic's a killer
Killer with cheek to hide an offence
Two properties cut in half by popular liquidator
Offer?
Hired gun
Hit man
A crime involving short insolent killer
He takes out silly person twice on island (northern)
Killer of two fools at home
When special army group is retired with new killer?
Charlie's nana elected to follow Booth?
Hit maker?
Booth, e.g.
One fulfilling a contract?
Brutus, for one
Brutus, for one
John Wilkes Booth, for one
Hit maker?
Hit man
Offer?
Ruby, for one
Professional offer?
*One with a contract, say
Booth, for one
Hit man
Mr. or Mrs. Smith, in a 2005 film
Hatchet man
Offer?
Offer?
Mr. or Mrs. Smith, in a 2005 film
Hired gun
John Wilkes Booth, e.g.
Hit man, e.g.
Hit man, e.g.
Hit maker?
Guiteau, for one
Hit man
Offer?
Dangerous customer two idiots elected
Booth or Oswald
Hit man
Hired gun
Ninja, e.g.
Crusader slayer
Leon F. Czolgosz was one
Booth or Czolgosz
John Wilkes Booth.
Booth, for example.
Zangara was one.
Zangara or Czolgosz.
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