"Go ahead!"

The answer

SHOOT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHOOT answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 3 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.

• NOD (25 uses in xd)
• DOIT (24 uses in xd)
• ASSENT (20 uses in xd)
• LEAD (10 uses in xd)
• OKAY (10 uses in xd)

Other clues for SHOOT

Every other clue in this collection answered by SHOOT, most used first.

• Photo session - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "Go ahead, ask" - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• "Ask away!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Photograph - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Bamboo unit - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Darn it!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Fire - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Get the picture - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• "Go ahead and ask" - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Take pictures - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Take a photo - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Take a picture - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Use a camera - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Ahead of time - EARLY, used 50 times
• Ahead of schedule - EARLY, used 43 times
• Gives the go-ahead - OKAYS, used 26 times
• "Go ahead, ask" - TRYME, used 24 times
• Barely ahead - UPONE, used 20 times
• Is ahead - LEADS, used 18 times

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