Drew a bead on
The crossword clue "Drew a bead on" is answered by AIMED, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AIMED
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Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HOMEDIN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for AIMED
Every other clue in this collection answered by AIMED, most used first.
- Intended - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Prepared to fire - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Pointed - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
- Pointed (at) - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Set one's sights - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Directed - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Intended (to) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Readied the bow - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Targeted - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Aligned the cross hairs - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Prepared to shoot - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Draw a bead on - AIMAT, used 55 times
- Drew to a close - ENDED, used 28 times
- Drew in - LURED, used 23 times
- Drew back - SHIED, used 19 times
- Nancy Drew creator Carolyn - KEENE, used 19 times
- "The Glass Bead Game" author - HESSE, used 17 times
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