The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PELLET
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More clues leading to the result PELLET
- It may be fired about 45 inches in temper
- One’s shot small part with actor/model in it
- Count returning after exercise gets shot
- Little ball
- In France she is in training, being a little round
- Small pill the Parisian found in shower
- Rabbit, perhaps, takes measure to get shot.
- Shot left half buried in hide
- Magic initially lacking energy takes first shot
- Hostel leper's holding back a small piece of metal
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The straight part
We know that "t may be fired" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case t may be fired = pellet.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PELLET mean?
PELLET noun- A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
- A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
- Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
- A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
- One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
- To form into pellets.
- To strike with pellets.