Something to shoot for
The crossword clue "Something to shoot for" is answered by PAR, a 3-letter entry. Used 39 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PAR
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAR answer page.
Used 39 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PAR
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- Golf goal - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Golfer's goal - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
- Hole number - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ for the course - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Golf standard - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Golf course standard - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Course number - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Links standard - used 34 times, most recently in 2022
- Bogey beater - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
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- Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
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