Gunning for
The crossword clue "Gunning for" is answered by AFTER, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AFTER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AFTER answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AFTER
Every other clue in this collection answered by AFTER, most used first.
- Following - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
- In pursuit of - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Subsequently - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Pursuing - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Later on - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- In search of - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Chasing - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- On the trail of - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- ". . . happily ever __" - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Subsequent to - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Last word of many fairy tales - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Later - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Miller's "___ the Fall" - used 10 times, most recently in 1996
- Behind - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- ___-dinner mint - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- In honor of - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Later than - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- The slim picture - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Time __ time; repeatedly - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- A little later - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale closer - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Not before - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Diet ad photo caption - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- In imitation of - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Intro to math? - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Next - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Out to get - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Seeking - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Succeeding - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
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