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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 25% | 5 | "___ on a wide, wide sea" | |
3 | 24% | 8 | Parthian shot was an arrow shot while retreating | |
Shot Wide Of The Target Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "MISSED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Not caught with the senses or the mind verb
- • To fail to hit.
- • To fail to achieve or attain.
- • To avoid; to escape.
- • To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
- • To fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
- • To fail to attend.
- • To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
- • To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
- • (said of a card) to fail to help the hand of a player.
- • To fail to score (a goal).
- • To go wrong; to err.
- • To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
An example sentence would be:
- • "I missed the bus and had to wait for the next one."
- • "He was so small that he missed the basketball hoop entirely."
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New York Times12 Feb 1976 | Down 42 | |
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1 | "___ on a wide, wide sea"
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26 Aug 1976 | New York Times / 26 Aug 1976 |
2 | Can be single-shot or multi-shot | |
3 | Professional shot wide, we hear, and swore
The Guardian Everyman -
15 Jan 2012 | The Guardian Everyman / 15 Jan 2012 |
4 | Target's target, e.g.
New York Times -
15 Oct 2012 | New York Times / 15 Oct 2012 |
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6 | The 'Shot Heard Round the World' refers to the first shot of this war | |
7 | Wide of the target
The Guardian Quick -
09 Sep 2022 | The Guardian Quick / 09 Sep 2022 |
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