Get ready to take a shot

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  1. 1Verso's counterpart
  2. 6Alternative to an onion bagel
  3. 11Jai ___
  4. 15Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World
  5. 19Skating gold medalist Oksana
  6. 20Host
  7. 21Quick look
  8. 22Has a tab open, say
  9. 23Hip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."?
  10. 25Station near Madison Square Garden, for short
  11. 26Fleet
  12. 27Hung around
  13. 28Remove from the champagne bucket?
  14. 30"Just kidding!"
  15. 31Feeling rash?
  16. 34Hip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type"
  17. 35Crisis involving cartels
  18. 39Goes "Vroom!"
  19. 41Royal title
  20. 42Casting a total brat in the school play?
  21. 45Some govt. securities
  22. 49___-tempered
  23. 50"Super cool!"
  24. 51Get ready to take a shot
  25. 53Ship propeller
  26. 54French for "from"
  27. 55Release
  28. 57Dante's guide in the "Inferno"
  29. 60Singer Del Rey
  30. 61"The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller
  31. 62Apps might be seen on one
  32. 63Sediment, e.g.
  33. 65"The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"?
  34. 69Anonymous guy
  35. 70Pauperism, so to speak
  36. 71Author of the 2020 memoir "Cubed"
  37. 72Lots
  38. 73"Because I'm the boss!"
  39. 75Pinged online
  40. 76Condition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in brief
  41. 79"Wonder Woman" star
  42. 81Mountain ___
  43. 82Late singer Payne of One Direction
  44. 84Modern home of where cuneiform writing originated
  45. 85Way up or way down
  46. 87"How long have beavers blocked this river?"?
  47. 92"As ___ ..."
  48. 94Earthenware pots
  49. 95Was comparable to
  50. 96Apparel feature that a bandeau lacks
  51. 100Function in the role of
  52. 102Monk's title
  53. 103Be crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s?
  54. 105Much in quantity
  55. 109Baseball family name
  56. 110Actor Jared
  57. 111Metric in a competitive family business?
  58. 114Prince, e.g.
  59. 115In ___ parentis
  60. 116Blow
  61. 117Designer Hilfiger
  62. 118Lays turf on
  63. 119Little twerp
  64. 120Trunk
  65. 121Head of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books

Down

  1. 1Subject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarly
  2. 2Noble title
  3. 3"Ci vediamo in giro!"
  4. 4Getting ready to listen
  5. 5Historic district of a city
  6. 6Gnarly problem, so to speak
  7. 7Architect of Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower
  8. 8Certain hallucinatory experience
  9. 9Directed
  10. 10Last word of James Joyce's "Ulysses"
  11. 11Dad, in Korean
  12. 12Ingredients in some potato soups
  13. 13Son of Aphrodite
  14. 14"You don't have to tell me"
  15. 15Time for a pick-me-up, humorously
  16. 16Lie ahead
  17. 17Joe of "Home Alone"
  18. 18First name in perfumes
  19. 24Label anew
  20. 28Banks from Los Angeles
  21. 29Maidenhair and others
  22. 32Common dog command
  23. 33Chance
  24. 35Hit up on Instagram, informally
  25. 36Overnight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles"
  26. 37Luau strings
  27. 38Rock group with the 1992 hit "Creep"
  28. 40Harum-___ (reckless)
  29. 43Untrue
  30. 44Notaro of comedy
  31. 46Drag-and-drop disposal icon
  32. 47Start of a counting rhyme
  33. 48Hit with a smack
  34. 52Time in a Shakespeare title
  35. 55Former Israeli P.M. Olmert
  36. 56Platform for Safari and FaceTime
  37. 57Borderline
  38. 58"Need You Tonight" band, 1987
  39. 59Leave alone
  40. 61Arbiters of taste
  41. 62Polite term of address
  42. 64Stamp on an invoice
  43. 65Implied
  44. 66Valerie Harper title role
  45. 67One of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time"
  46. 68Dickens's ___ Heep
  47. 69Bouts
  48. 74Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun
  49. 76Word with history or hygiene
  50. 77Shut up
  51. 78Threw out of a contest, informally
  52. 80Philosopher's pursuit
  53. 82Exam with an argumentative writing section, in brief
  54. 83"You know, I can't quite remember"
  55. 84"Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!"
  56. 86Goes through screen after screen
  57. 88"Sadly ..."
  58. 89Special attention, for short
  59. 90Made nice
  60. 91Wading birds
  61. 93Publicly bash
  62. 96Doldrums
  63. 97Lumberjacks' competition
  64. 98Walk around, maybe
  65. 99Where one might pick up litter
  66. 101Oozes
  67. 104Burgle
  68. 106About
  69. 107West Point inst.
  70. 108Fanfare
  71. 111Like a diamond in a ring
  72. 112Queer identity, in brief
  73. 11312/31

The answer to “Get ready to take a shot” in the New York Times crossword is AIM — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 18, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 51-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Get ready to take a shot” answer

AIM (3 letters)

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Why the answer is AIM

AIM is the 3-letter solution that fits "Get ready to take a shot" in the NYT Crossword crossword on May 18, 2025 (51-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does AIM mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of AIM is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(verb)

  • point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target
  • have the intention of achieving

When else has “Get ready to take a shot” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

May 18, 2025 (most recent) → AIM. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Get ready to take a shot”?

The answer is AIM, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 18, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Get ready to take a shot”?

3 letters: AIM.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on May 18, 2025 (a Sunday puzzle), at 51-Across.

Can “Get ready to take a shot” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for May 18, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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