“Why don’t we give it a shot?” Crossword Clue

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“Why don’t we give it a shot?” Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

SHOT (noun)
1. an estimate based on little or no information
2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm
SHOT (adjective)
1. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
TETRYLS

More WSJ Crossword (8/26/2026) Answers

Across

1. Friday’s lead-in?

4. Word after black, covert or photo

7. Intimidating words

13. Hawaiian pizza topping

14. Seltos seller

15. Significant capital

16. Gracefully stylish

18. A bit more than 2,000 yards

19. Three-time Emmy Awards host with four Emmys

21. Thing that a soda can, a web browser or a bar patron has

22. Inventor Howe

23. Blitzen strap

24. Chalice contents

25. Camper shelter

26. Subscription level

27. Butterflies in the kitchen, e.g.

28. Match at the poker table

29. Tony Randall’s “The Odd Couple” co-star

31. Soul jazz pianist/singer McCann

32. "Burning" feeling

33. “Rhoda” co-star who voices Marge Simpson

39. CD-___

42. It's not a good look

43. Where Homer downs Duffs

44. Hand on a hacienda?

45. Ballerina's garb

46. 1 on the Mohs scale

47. Off the plate, perhaps

48. Blog feed letters

49. “Psych!” (or what the initials of three funny people in this puzzle mean, fittingly)

51. They’re well-grounded (one hopes!)

53. What an unwelcome guest might be shown

54. Dojo doings

55. Charged particle

56. Busy season on la Côte d’Azur

57. Paris’s ___ Palace

58. They spin longer than singles

59. Costa __ Sol

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Down

1. Bennie’s backup singers, in an Elton John song

2. Biblical land west of the River Jordan

3. Self-ish George Harrison song

4. Approves

5. Pepto-Bismol hue

6. Like the Onion’s journalism

7. Sixth-grader, typically

8. Recuperate

9. Zodiac animal

10. Snobby attitude

11. Hawk's home

12. Chicago’s “Cloud Gate” sculpture, familiarly

17. Hurdle for a would-be M.B.A.

18. Condescending look

20. Mousy

24. Hourly rate

26. Job to do

27. Contented rumble

29. Heckle

30. Many campaign promises

31. Stead

33. Basic canoeing technique

34. Odd

36. Gather

37. Charger unit

38. Suit supplement

39. Like a post with vastly more critical comments than likes or shares

40. Lacking in variety

41. Kennel club reject

44. Org. that makes PSAs for safe rides home

46. Student in a class of her own?

47. Utopian settings

49. Juilliard jump

50. Seller of Cinn-A-Stack pancakes

52. ___ Vegas

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