Gun
The crossword clue "Gun" is answered by STEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1976; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STEN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEN answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1976; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 1 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.
- FIREARM (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for STEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by STEN, most used first.
- British gun - used 246 times, most recently in 2025
- British carbine - used 60 times, most recently in 2014
- British submachine gun - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Anna of "Nana" - used 42 times, most recently in 2019
- British weapon - used 28 times, most recently in 2007
- WWII weapon - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
- Tommy's gun - used 22 times, most recently in 2014
- WWII gun - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- British machine gun - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Machine gun - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
- "Nana" star - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
- Actress Anna - used 12 times, most recently in 2003
- "Nana" star Anna - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
- W.W. II gun - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- British WWII gun - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Tommy gun - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Type of gun. - used 9 times, most recently in 1976
- WWII submachine gun - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Light submachine gun - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- English gun - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
- Gun or actress - used 7 times, most recently in 1989
- Submachine gun - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Arm of the British military? - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- British firearm - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Zap with a stun gun - TASE, used 28 times
- Hit with a stun gun - TASE, used 17 times
- British gun - BREN, used 14 times
- Hits with a ray gun - ZAPS, used 14 times
- Toy gun ammo - CAPS, used 13 times
- "I'll be ___ of a gun!" - ASON, used 11 times
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