| Firearm (3) |
Mirror Quick |
16 Oct 2026 |
| German has a French weapon (3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Oct 2026 |
| Really go (for) |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2026 |
| Rifle, for example |
Commuter |
30 Sep 2026 |
| German has a French weapon (3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Sep 2026 |
| Firearm (3) |
Mirror Quick |
22 Sep 2026 |
| see 6 Across (3) |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Sep 2026 |
| Rifle, for instance |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Aug 2026 |
| German with a French weapon (3) |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Aug 2026 |
| Blunderbuss, eg |
The Times Concise |
07 Aug 2026 |
| see 5 Down (3) |
Mirror Quiz |
19 Jul 2026 |
| Pistol, e.g. |
Commuter |
11 Jul 2026 |
| "Top ___," movie starring Tom Cruise |
|
|
| Rifle or pistol |
Commuter |
26 Jun 2026 |
| Race starter's equipment |
New York Times Mini |
24 Jun 2026 |
| Revolver, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jun 2026 |
| "Top ___" (Tom Cruise starrer) |
|
|
| Pistol |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jun 2026 |
| Roscoe |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Jun 2026 |
| Weapon |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 May 2026 |
| What might precede dog, metal or point |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 May 2026 |
| Firearm |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Apr 2026 |
| Rifle, for instance |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Apr 2026 |
| see 18 Across (3) |
Mirror Quiz |
06 Mar 2026 |
| Floor, as the gas |
TV |
22 Feb 2026 |
| "Top ___," movie starring Tom Cruise |
|
|
| Squirt __ |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2026 |
| Armory item |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Rev, as an engine |
Newsday |
18 Jan 2026 |
| "Son of a __!" |
Commuter |
06 Jan 2026 |
| Pistol |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jan 2026 |
| "The Naked ___" |
New York Times Mini |
28 Dec 2025 |
| "Top ___," 1986 action film starring Tom Cruise |
|
|
| Rev, as an engine |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Dec 2025 |
| "Son of a __!" |
Commuter |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Rifle, for instance |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Nov 2025 |
| Colt, e.g. |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Nov 2025 |
| Cop's radar device |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Pistol, e.g. |
Commuter |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Pistol |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Firearm |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Revolver, for instance |
The Sun Mini |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Firearm (3) |
Mirror Quick |
04 Aug 2025 |
| German has a French weapon (3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Piece, slangily |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Jul 2025 |
| Holstered item |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Weapon |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Tom Cruise's movie: Top - |
|
|
| German has a French weapon (3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Rifle (3) |
Mirror Quick |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Musket or pistol |
|
|
| Andrew Denton talk show (The Money Or The ___) |
|
|
| Used for gluing, oddly (3) |
|
|
| "Son of a __!" |
Commuter |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Cap or water weapon |
Family Time |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Hot glue _ (arts and crafts tool) |
|
|
| From this shoot tops of greens, unless nipped (3) |
|
|
| "Top ___," movie starring Tom Cruise |
|
|
| As a weapon, a good one (3) |
|
|
| Returned with fenugreek as a weapon (3) |
|
|
| Firearm (3) |
Puzzler |
05 Jun 2025 |
| From which the report may have come (3) |
|
|
| Police spoof movie being rebooted with Liam Neeson (3,5,3) |
|
|
| The Man with the Golden ___, 1974 Bond film (3) |
Puzzler |
05 May 2025 |
| Bullet's home |
|
|
| Pistol or rifle |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 May 2025 |
| Round container in processing unit |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 May 2025 |
| Weapon, presumably a good one (3) |
|
|
| Weapon, a key French one (3) |
|
|
| Comedy/talk show presented by Andrew Denton (The Money Or The --) |
|
|
| "Top ___"; Tom Cruise movie |
|
|
| Rifle, eg |
Mirror Quick |
21 Apr 2025 |
| German has a French pistol |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Apr 2025 |
| German has a French weapon |
Mirror Cryptic |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Firearm |
Mirror Quick |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Word after "glue" or "staple" |
Universal |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Hit the gas, with "it" |
|
|
| Shooting range need |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Apr 2025 |
| German has a French weapon |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Firearm |
Mirror Quick |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Explosive type of weapon |
|
|
| A piece of string, unfortunately (3) |
|
|
| Rev, as an engine |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2025 |
| ... fire ... |
The Telegraph Mini |
21 Feb 2025 |
| "Have ___ Will Travel" |
|
|
| One anticipates jumping it (3) |
|
|
| Firearm |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Feb 2025 |
| "Janie's Got a ___" (Aerosmith hit) |
|
|
| 1980s Tom Cruise movie, Top ___ (3) |
|
|
| 17 ... good one! |
|
|
| Firearm |
The Times Concise |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Firearm |
Mirror Quick |
26 Dec 2024 |
| German has a French weapon |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Dec 2024 |
| As a firearm, a good one (3) |
|
|
| Firearm often said to have a son (3) |
|
|
| Top ___, 1986 Tom Cruise film (3) |
|
|
| "Annie Get Your -" |
|
|
| Device for firing ammunition |
|
|
| Firearm |
Commuter |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Laser tag weapon |
|
|
| German has a French weapon |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Firearm |
Mirror Quick |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Some brandishing unknown firearm (3) |
|
|
| Firearm |
The Telegraph Mini |
03 Nov 2024 |
| What is jumped when false start is made (3) |
|
|
| Jump the ___ (do something in haste) |
|
|
| Firearm smuggled into Burgundy (3) |
|
|
| Musical, Annie Get Your - (3) |
|
|
| The Naked _, spoof film franchise (3) |
|
|
| The -, 1933 novel by C S Forester |
Mirror Quiz |
13 Oct 2024 |
| Mining union's weapon? (3) |
|
|
| Bullet shooter |
|
|
| Top ____: Maverick, Tom Cruise film |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Staple __: upholsterer's tool |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Musical about the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, Annie, Get Your ... |
|
|
| Ammo. holder |
|
|
| Key piece of evidence in some mysteries |
|
|
| "Bang, bang, bang, bang, goes the farmer's ...; Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run" |
|
|
| Marksman's tool |
|
|
| "Top ___" (Tom Cruise starrer) |
|
|
| Weapon snugly concealed, returned surrounded by furtive characters (3) |
|
|
| Gluing odd weapon (3) |
|
|
| Rev (engine) (3) |
|
|
| Pistol or rifle, eg |
|
|
| Jump the ___ (do something before time) |
|
|
| Weapon that fires bullets (3) |
|
|
| Rifle, for instance |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Make run fast |
|
|
| It may be trained to kill (3) |
|
|
| It is jumped with a false start (3) |
|
|
| "Top ___," movie starring Tom Cruise |
|
|
| Accelerate, slangily |
|
|
| Bad sort of runner, but possibly starting a race! |
|
|
| The -, 1933 novel by C S Forester |
Mirror Quiz |
04 Jun 2024 |
| "Top ____" (film) |
|
|
| A weapon (3) |
|
|
| Word after water or air |
|
|
| Once it's started, be on this weapon (3) |
|
|
| Word after "finger" or "water" |
Family Time |
12 May 2024 |
| "Top ___" (highest-grossing film of 1986) |
|
|
| Rev the engine |
|
|
| Fire-arm |
The Times Concise |
03 May 2024 |
| "The Man with the Golden -" |
|
|
| Word after "water" or "ray" |
Family Time |
14 Apr 2024 |
| A big one won't pop |
|
|
| The -, 1933 novel by C S Forester |
Mirror Quiz |
27 Mar 2024 |
| "Happiness Is a Warm ___" (Beatles song) (3) |
|
|
| Why did the sprinter get disqualified on Leap Day? "He tried to jump the ___" |
|
|
| Gee! That United Nations! Should be fired! (3) |
|
|
| Jump the ___, phrase that originated in track racing that means to act before the appropriate time |
|
|
| Pistol or rifle |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Parent of boy who is a rascal? |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Firearm |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Pistol or rifle |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Round dispenser? |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jan 2024 |
| One of those firing biceps? (3) |
|
|
| Tom Cruise hit Top ___ |
|
|
| Weapon that once put Coronation Street's Shona Platt in a coma (3) |
|
|
| Firearm |
The Times Concise |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Weapon in bag, unnecessary (3) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Paintball player's shooter |
|
|
| Smidgeon |
|
|
| Firearm |
Mirror Quick |
12 Dec 2023 |
| German has a French weapon |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Squirt ___ (summertime "weapon") |
|
|
| Rifle or revolver |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Jump the __ |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2023 |
| Cannon or rifle |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2023 |
| Firearm |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Oct 2023 |
| Rev, as an engine |
Universal |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Radar __ |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2023 |
| Cause to race |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2023 |
| Squirt __ |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2023 |
| Rifle or pistol? |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Feb 2023 |
| Sight site |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Staple __ |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Super Soaker, e.g |
Family Time |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Paintball need |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Dec 2022 |
| Firearm |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Dec 2022 |
| Grenade primarily a French weapon |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Nov 2022 |
| Colt, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Nov 2022 |
| Cannon or rifle |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2022 |
| Roscoe |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Oct 2022 |
| Rev, like an engine |
Family Time |
03 Oct 2022 |
| What may apply grease and a lot of gooey stuff |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Aug 2022 |
| Member of sporting party possibly one trained on the range? |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Aug 2022 |
| Weapon |
The Times Concise |
01 Aug 2022 |
| "Glue" or "staple" follower |
Universal |
02 Jun 2022 |
| Handheld radar device |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2022 |
| Colt creation |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Jump the ___ (act prematurely) |
USA Today |
12 Mar 2022 |
| BB weapon |
Family Time |
07 Mar 2022 |
| Cause to race |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2022 |
| Cause to race |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2022 |
| Holster item |
|
|
| Firearm |
|
|
| Hollywood action film prop |
Family Time |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Starter’s need |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Water or cap firer |
Family Time |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Rev |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Paintball propeller |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2021 |
| Holster item |
Premier Sunday |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Try (for) |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Rev, as an engine |
|
|
| Parent of boy who's a rascal? |
|
|
| 'The --', novel by C.S. Forester |
|
|
| Report maker |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2021 |
| Word after "glue" or "staple" |
Universal |
13 Apr 2021 |
| "Squirt" weapon |
Family Time |
04 Apr 2021 |
| Word with ray or tommy |
New York Times |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Weapon filled with water |
Family Time |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Caulking implement |
Universal |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Pistol |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Jan 2021 |
| Colt creation |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Shooter |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Pistol |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Rifle or revolver |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Rev |
Universal |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Colt creation |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Aug 2020 |
| Word after "flare" or "laser" |
Universal |
28 Jul 2020 |
| Rev, as an engine |
New York Times |
20 May 2020 |
| Piece of marketing understated in part |
|
|
| Roscoe |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Apr 2020 |
| Radar product |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2020 |
| Rev initially gracious with peacekeepers |
|
|
| Caulking tool |
Family Time |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Race |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Race |
|
|
| "Top ___," 1986 action film which was one of the highest grossing movies of the 1980s |
|
|
| Item in a holster |
|
|
| Word with rights or sights |
|
|
| Rev |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2019 |
| Rev |
|
|
| Machine ___ Kelly, "Downfalls High" singer who live-streamed a concert from home on Instagram |
|
|
| Round container? |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Pistol or rifle |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Jump the ___ (do something before it's time) |
|
|
| Word with water, squirt or cap |
Family Time |
02 Sep 2019 |
| Rifle or revolver |
|
|
| Young ___ |
|
|
| Stun ___ (pistol-like device) |
|
|
| Bulging bicep, in slang |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2019 |
| Hot glue ___ |
|
|
| Staple dispenser |
Universal |
20 Jun 2019 |
| Round container? |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Staple __ |
|
|
| Staple __ |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2019 |
| Western prop |
|
|
| Paintball need |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Feb 2019 |
| Hot glue dispenser |
Universal |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Handyperson's stapling device |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Magazine container |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jan 2019 |
| Spray __ |
|
|
| Spray __ |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2019 |
| Spray __ |
|
|
| Staple __ |
|
|
| Round container? |
|
|
| Paintball need |
|
|
| Magazine container |
|
|
| Colt creation |
|
|
| Handyperson's stapling device |
|
|
| Staple dispenser |
|
|
| Hot glue dispenser |
|
|
| Bulging bicep, in slang |
|
|
| "Under the ___" (Pressured) |
|
|
| 'Smoking' bit of evidence |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2018 |
| Paintball need |
New York Times |
20 Nov 2018 |
| Weapon similar to a rifle or revolver |
|
|
| Firearm |
The Times Concise |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Weapon £1,000? Nice one! |
|
|
| Piece of paintball gear |
USA Today |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Work hard (for) |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2018 |
| Work hard (for) |
|
|
| Colt, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jun 2018 |
| __-shy |
|
|
| __-shy |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jun 2018 |
| Nail shooter |
Universal |
24 May 2018 |
| Firearm |
Universal |
08 May 2018 |
| Glue ___ |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2018 |
| "The Knotted ___," bronze sculpture by artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward that is installed at the U.N. headquarters in New York City |
|
|
| Firearm |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Mar 2018 |
| 21-___ salute |
|
|
| Paintball weapon |
USA Today |
20 Mar 2018 |
| Try hard (for) |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Try hard (for) |
|
|
| Smith & Wesson product |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Rifle or pistol |
Family Time |
18 Feb 2018 |
| Rev |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Howitzer, for one |
|
|
| Firearm |
|
|
| Colt, e.g. |
|
|
| Rev |
|
|
| Piece of paintball gear |
|
|
| Rev, as an engine |
|
|
| Nail shooter |
|
|
| Rev |
|
|
| Work hard (for) |
|
|
| __-shy |
|
|
| Smith & Wesson product |
|
|
| "Smoking" bit of evidence |
|
|
| Paintball need |
|
|
| Heater |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Nail ___ (power tool) |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2017 |
| Hired ___ |
|
|
| Weapon |
The Times Concise |
24 Nov 2017 |
| Rifle or revolver |
|
|
| Word after grease or glue |
USA Today |
02 Nov 2017 |
| Paintball equipment |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2017 |
| Staple or nail driver |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2017 |
| Staple or nail driver |
|
|
| Heater |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Round container |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Fowling piece |
|
|
| See 61-Down |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Rifle or revolver |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2017 |
| See 61-Down |
|
|
| Staple or nail driver |
|
|
| Word after grease or glue |
|
|
| Nail ___ (power tool) |
|
|
| Rifle or revolver |
|
|
| Heater |
|
|
| Sight site |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Dec 2016 |
| Word with water or air |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2016 |
| Really go (for) |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2016 |
| Big bang creator |
Universal |
07 Sep 2016 |
| Floor (it) |
New York Times |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Barrel holder |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2016 |
| Race starter |
USA Today |
07 Jul 2016 |
| One making a report |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2016 |
| Under the __: pressured |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2016 |
| See 67-Across |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2016 |
| Armory item |
Wall Street Journal |
31 May 2016 |
| Fired thing |
Premier Sunday |
15 May 2016 |
| Rev up |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 May 2016 |
| Water or squirt weapon |
Family Time |
11 Apr 2016 |
| What a holster holds |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2016 |
| Weapon |
|
|
| Handheld weapon |
Universal |
09 Feb 2016 |
| Portable firearm |
|
|
| Beretta, for one |
Universal |
03 Feb 2016 |
| Throw hard |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Big bang creator |
|
|
| Barrel holder |
|
|
| Floor (it) |
|
|
| One making a report |
|
|
| Race starter |
|
|
| See 67-Across |
|
|
| Throw hard |
|
|
| Try hard (for) |
|
|
| Under the __: pressured |
|
|
| Word with water or air |
|
|
| Handheld weapon |
|
|
| Beretta, for one |
|
|
| Weapon |
|
|
| Rev |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2015 |
| Holster occupant |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 May 2015 |
| Rev, as an engine |
Universal |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Rat-a-tat-tat |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2015 |
| Desperado's weapon |
Universal |
05 Feb 2015 |
| Rev, as an engine |
|
|
| Rev |
|
|
| Report maker? |
|
|
| Desperado's weapon |
|
|
| Paintball weapon |
|
|
| Revolver, e.g. |
|
|
| Soldering or soldiering need |
|
|
| Prop in a western |
|
|
| One of five in this puzzle |
|
|
| Word after pop or top |
|
|
| Stapler, e.g. |
|
|
| It may be packed |
|
|
| Hired ___ |
|
|
| "Water," "squirt" or "cap" ending |
|
|
| Rev, in a way |
|
|
| Rev |
|
|
| Second Amendment concern |
|
|
| Paintball need |
|
|
| With 115-Down, nervous and apprehensive |
|
|
| '77 Kiss album "Love ___" |
|
|
| Paintballer's need |
|
|
| Cannon or rifle |
|
|
| Paintball shooter |
|
|
| Action movie prop |
|
|
| Battleship feature |
|
|
| Jump the -- |
|
|
| Big bang maker |
|
|
| Kiss "Love ___" |
|
|
| Action movie prop |
|
|
| Report producer |
|
|
| See 39-Across ... and a word that can precede the last word of the starred answers |
|
|
| Piece that can follow the ends of the nine longest puzzle answers |
|
|
| Word with top or pop |
|
|
| Kind of shy? |
|
|
| Colt, e.g. |
|
|
| See 39-Across ... and a word that can precede the last word of the starred answers |
|
|
| Piece that can follow the ends of the nine longest puzzle answers |
|
|
| Rev |
|
|
| Rev, like an engine |
|
|
| Wildebeest's twisted tail – or arm |
|
|
| Item in a holster |
New York Times |
18 Apr 2011 |
| Starter's need |
|
|
| Item in a holster |
|
|
| Pistol or rifle |
|
|
| Engine's throttle |
|
|
| Round container? |
|
|
| Smoking evidence? |
|
|
| Shooter |
|
|
| Pistol |
|
|
| Shooter |
|
|
| Paintball shooter |
|
|
| Shooter |
|
|
| Pistol |
|
|
| Janie's got one |
|
|
| Musket, e.g. |
|
|
| Starter's device |
|
|
| Top __ |
|
|
| Battleship feature |
|
|
| Round container |
|
|
| Copper piece? |
|
|
| Magazine holder |
|
|
| 16-Across sleeps with a pillow under his ___ |
|
|
| One may shoot someone after getting fired |
|
|
| Paintball player's need |
|
|
| It may be packed |
|
|
| Radar device |
|
|
| Colt creation |
|
|
| Villain in "Tron" |
|
|
| Staple dispenser |
|
|
| "Water," "squirt" or "cap" ending |
|
|
| Action movie prop |
|
|
| Holster item |
|
|
| SIG Sauer, e.g. |
|
|
| Thing that goes bang - and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
|
|
| Saturday-night special |
|
|
| If you fire it, it makes a report |
|
|
| Staple dispenser |
|
|
| Action movie prop |
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| You may hear a report from one |
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| Starter's need |
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| Rifle, e.g. |
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| Starter's need |
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| Race starter's aid |
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| Battleship feature |
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| Rifle or revolver |
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| Word with "boat," "fire" or "smith" |
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| Battle scene prop |
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| Rifle or revolver |
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| Shot source |
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| It may be smoking |
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| Big bang maker |
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| Flash attachment? |
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| With 49-Across, wary |
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| Shot source |
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| Rev, as an engine |
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| Starter's need |
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| Shooter (and hint to 20-, 37-, and 57-Across) |
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| It may be smoking |
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| Reporter? |
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| Under the __ |
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| Something that may be packed |
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| It may be smoking |
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| One may be fired |
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| Piece |
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| Firearm |
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| Pistol, e.g. |
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| Grease ___ |
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| Blunderbuss, e.g. |
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| Heater |
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| Starter's need |
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| Piece |
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| One may be fired |
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| It may be smoking |
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| Seek, with "for" |
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| Round container? |
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| Hired killer, in slang |
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| You may hear a report from one |
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| Starter's aid |
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| Desperado's piece |
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| You may hear a report from one |
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| Paintball player's need |
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| Rev the motor |
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| Holster contents |
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| Beretta, e.g. |
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| Weapon |
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| Luger, e.g. |
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| Word with boat or smith |
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| Open the throttle |
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| It makes a report |
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| Report maker |
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| Rev, as an engine |
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| Word with machine or ray |
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| Oakley prop |
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| Hired hood |
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| Chamber piece? |
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| Hired hood |
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| Gat |
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| Revolver, e.g. |
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| Revolver or pistol |
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| Rev |
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| Rifle, e.g. |
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| Soldering or soldiering need |
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| Bulldog, for one |
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| Pistol |
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| Report source |
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| Magazine article |
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| Lock, stock, and barrel |
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| Jump the __ (start early) |
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| Hired ___ |
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| Accelerate |
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| Lock+stock+barrel |
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| Put the pedal to the metal |
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| Hired ___ |
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| Annie Oakley equipment |
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| Metal detector's target |
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| Rev up an engine |
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| Report source |
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| Six-shooter |
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| Smoking evidence? |
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| Rev up an engine |
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| Hit man |
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| An army investigation has shown that soldiers panicked in the No __ Ri massacre |
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| Uzi, for one |
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| Clinton is continuing the ___ buyback program |
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| Big Bertha, for one |
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| Clinton is continuing the ____ buyback program |
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| "Annie Get Your __" |
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| User of 1 Down |
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| Word with boat, fire or smith |
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| Automatic, for one |
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| Shooting iron |
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| Sten or bren |
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| Big Bertha, for one |
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| Revolver |
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| Rev an engine |
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| Salute element |
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| Ejecting mechanism |
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| Revolver |
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| See 9-Down |
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| Big ____: VIP |
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| Rev |
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| Report maker |
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| Holster item |
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| Blunderbuss <P>e.g. |
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| Speed slangily |
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| Saturday-night special |
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| Shooter |
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| M-1, e.g. |
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| Bren or Sten |
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| Johnny got his |
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| Harquebus, e.g. |
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| Colt or Magnum |
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| Long Tom |
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| Desperado's weapon |
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| Stock or smith preceder |
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| Pistol |
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| Thriller prop |
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| Firearm |
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| Howitzer |
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| Gatling, e.g. |
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| Word with runner or slinger |
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| Piece of ordnance |
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| Jump the ___ |
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| Blunderbuss |
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| Kind of metal or powder |
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| Revolver |
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| ___ moll |
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| Garand. |
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| It has a prominent chamber |
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| "Smoking" object |
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| Carbine. |
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| Long Tom. |
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| Six-shooter. |
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| Engine throttle: Slang. |
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| Blunderbuss. |
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| Throttle of an engine: Slang. |
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| Derringer. |
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| Weapon. |
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| BAR, for instance. |
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| Mail-order item. |
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| Annie's prop. |
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| Kind of metal. |
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| Small arm. |
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| Rifle. |
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| Piece |
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| Banger? |
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| Browning Automatic. |
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| Piece of ordnance. |
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| Weapon |
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| Throttle: Slang. |
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| Go hunting. |
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| 75-mm. recoilless rifle, for instance. |
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| Shoot. |
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| Flintlock. |
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| Mortar. |
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