Fly
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 46 crossword solutions for Fly which appeared recently in The New York Times Crossword.

We have deemed Fly as a VERY COMMON crossword clue, we've seen it more than 46 times in a variety of crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "SAIL".

Publications

  • The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 2 Jul 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 23 Apr 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Wednesday, 24 Feb 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 21 Jan 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 8 Dec 2020
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 5 Nov 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Saturday, 15 Aug 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 13 Mar 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 15 Dec 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 23 May 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 16 May 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 5 Apr 2019

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ROD
Any rod-shaped bacterium

SAC
An enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"

HIE
Move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

4 letters

SAIL
Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"

GNAT
Any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

WING
A movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

SOAR
The act of rising upward into the air

TEAR
An occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

FLEE
Run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

FELL
The act of felling something (as a tree)

5 letters

HOVER
Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

MIDGE
Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water

PILOT
An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

HORSE
Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

GLIDE
The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

6 letters

INSECT
Small air-breathing arthropod

TSETSE
Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

AVIATE
Operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba"

VANISH
Decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"

7 letters

FLYBALL
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

KNOWING
A clear and certain mental apprehension

RAINFLY
Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

TENTFLY

8 letters

VAPORIZE
Decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"

TENTFLAP
Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

MOSQUITO
Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

FLYFRONT
An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

FLYSHEET
Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

9 letters

MAKEHASTE

GOBYPLANE

10 letters

TAKEFLIGHT
Run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

BLUEBOTTLE
An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers

13 letters

TRAVELBYPLANE

SWATTERTARGET

ASCENDONWINGS

14 letters

SWATTERSTARGET

FISHERMANSLURE

SPECKONTHEWALL

SPIDERSINVITEE

15 letters

BUZZINGNUISANCE

ZIPPEREDCLOSING

OUTFIELDERCATCH

TROUTTEMPTATION

RACEWITHTHEWIND

OBSERVERONAWALL

OINTMENTSPOILER