Slugs that one tries shooting, initially Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TOTS Slugs that one tries shooting, initially (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 16, 2025
6% SNAIL Slug kin (5) LA Times Daily Feb 5, 2026
5% SKEET Olympic shooting sport (5) The Washington Post Mini Mar 13, 2026
5% THINKSBIG Shoots for the moon (9) Eugene Sheffer Mar 12, 2026
5% METEOR Shooting star (6) Newsday Mar 11, 2026
5% HADAGO Tried hard with slow movement, but one's dropped out (6) The Times Cryptic Mar 10, 2026
5% DANG "Well, shoot" (4) USA Today Mar 7, 2026
5% ATBAR Being tried (5) Wall Street Journal Mar 4, 2026
5% NONA Tri-, tripled (4) New York Times Mar 1, 2026
5% RATS "Well, shoot!" (4) LA Times Daily Mar 1, 2026

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