The Clue
Criticize sneakily (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SNIPE
Tags
Notes
The answer SNIPE is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Becassine
Criticize, with "at"
Dowitcher
Malign, with "at"
Attack anonymously
Bog bird
Criticize slyly
Criticize snidely, with "at"
Curlew's cousin
Game bird
Marsh bird
Relative of the sandpiper
Shoot from ambush
Shoot from cover
Take potshots
Take potshots (at)
Take potshots at
Unexpected shot
Wading bird
Woodcock's relative
Make cutting remarks
Not attack head-on
Take pot shots
Long-billed game bird
Long-billed marsh bird
Long-billed wading bird
Shoot using a scope, say
Straight-billed game bird
Definition
SNIPE as a noun:
1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
2. a gunshot from a concealed location
SNIPE as a verb:
1. hunt or shoot snipe
2. (sharpshoot, snipe) = aim and shoot with great precision
3. (attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault) = attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"