It was more of an announcement than an offering, really, since it was delivered with the confidence and gusto of Independence Day’s big POTUS speech shot out of a cannon.
For the category “3 + 3,” in which each response would be two three-letter words, the clue was “A hired killer.”
McGinty did have that pressure, and when it hit him, he stalled out for a moment before offering “Hot Gun” as his answer.
Now, you probably immediately thought of the correct answer, “hit man,” but you don’t have the pressure of Alex Trebek calling on you.