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Answer for the clue "Murdered at night? It’s a mere guess ", 16 letters:
shot in the dark

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"Shot in the Dark" is a song by heavy metal solo artist Ozzy Osbourne . It is the ninth and final track on his 1986 album The Ultimate Sin . A top-ten hit on Mainstream rock radio, the song also became his most successful single on the Billboard Hot 100 ...

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n. (context idiomatic English) A guess, attempt, or choice made with little or no evidence or knowledge.

Usage examples of shot in the dark.

Sally had a startling thought - that the underlying truth of life itself, our very existence, was all mere chance, a shot in the dark!

When I rented the Grey House it was no more than a shot in the dark.

It seemed likely, when I first read the query on you from Arrivals Control, that you were either a rank amateur at infiltration, or that some Primgranese spy-boss was taking a shot in the dark with an utterly naive approach.

Deviating from standard interrogation procedure, Ralankoor took a shortcut, a shot in the dark.