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The Clue

The whole shooting match (3 letter answer)

The Answer

ALL

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Notes

The answer ALL is very common and appears about once every 39 puzzles.

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Definition

ALL as an adjective:

1. quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class; "we sat up all night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome"
2. completely given to or absorbed by; "became all attention"

ALL as an adverb:

1. (wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole) = to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"