Shot in the dark (5)
I believe the answer is:
guess
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">shot in the dark</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for guess that I've seen before include "Make stab at" , "Conjecture - estimate" , "Estimate roughly" , "the Americans believe it" , "shot?" .)