___ dunk (crowd-pleasing basketball shot) — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the May 18 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
SLAM
4 letters
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Where this clue appears
May 18 2026
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword May 18 2026
SLAM
___ dunk (basketball move)
SLAM
4
Shut loudly, as a door
SLAM
4
___ dunk (impressive NBA move)
SLAM
4
___ book (notebook for friends' opinions)
SLAM
4
___ dunk (basketball shot)
SLAM
4
Shut forcefully, as a door
SLAM
4
___ dunk (basketball shot)
SLAM
4
___ dunk (basketball move)
SLAM
4
Grand ___, tennis achievement won by Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams
SLAM
4
___ dunk (basketball move)
SLAM
4
___ dunk (impressive NBA move)
SLAM
4
Shut forcefully, as a door
SLAM
4
Eminem's genre
RAP
3
Hairy, tree-swinging primate
APE
3
Code essential to transact at an ATM: Abbr.
PIN
3
Prohibition ___ (period when alcohol was banned)
ERA
3
Nickelodeon's "___ the Explorer"
DORA
4
Morning droplets
DEW
3
"Jack and Jill ___ up the hill ..." (nursery rhyme lyrics)
WENT
4
___ canal (dentist's concern)
ROOT
4
Taiwan's continent
ASIA
4
___ Lennon, Beatles musician whose sons Julian and Sean followed in their father's footsteps to become acclaimed musicians
JOHN
4
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