Shoot-'em-up
The crossword clue "Shoot-'em-up" is answered by OATER, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OATER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OATER answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 8 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.
- GANGSTERMOVIE (1 uses in xd)
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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.
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