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4 results for BANKSHOT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri Oct 23, 2020	12D	Use of a cushion or a backboard	Robyn Weintraub
Wed Jan 10, 2018	15A	Warning during a heist?	Sen. Joe Donnelly and Michael S. Maurer
Sun Nov 23, 2008	94A	Cushion user?	David J. Kahn
Tue Apr 26, 1994	49A	Two-pointer, the hard way	David Ellis Dickerson

1 result for BANKSHOT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 11, 1985	51A	Tale by 37 Across	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska

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