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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TORPEDO which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)

• a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

• a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead

• armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

• any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

verb

• attack or hit with torpedoes

35%4Attempt to make a capture to impress
noun

• a mechanical device for gripping an object

• the act of catching an object with the hands

verb

• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

• get hold of or seize quickly and easily

• make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand

• obtain illegally or unscrupulously

• take or grasp suddenly

• capture the attention or imagination of

32%5Make a further attempt to follow constant set of principles
noun

• any system of principles or beliefs

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