Shoot from cover

The answer

SNIPE

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SNIPE

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

• Marsh bird - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Take potshots - used 56 times, most recently in 2024
• Take potshots (at) - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoot from hiding - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Wading bird - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Long-billed bird - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Shore bird. - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Game bird - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Long-billed marsh bird - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Make malicious remarks - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Make nasty comments - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Prey in a mock hunt - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Straight-billed game bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• It comes from the heart - AORTA, used 108 times
• Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
• From the top - AGAIN, used 93 times
• Stay away from - AVOID, used 91 times
• Get away from - ELUDE, used 73 times
• Keep from happening - AVERT, used 73 times

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