The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AVIATES , but the solution may also be SPEEDS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Flies crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AVIATES | 39 % | 7 |
| SOARS | 11 % | 5 |
| SOLOS | 5 % | 5 |
| ZIPS | 5 % | 4 |
| JETS | 5 % | 4 |
| HURTLES | 3 % | 7 |
| GNATS | 3 % | 5 |
| BAIT | 3 % | 4 |
| ZOOMS | 3 % | 5 |
| RASPS | 3 % | 5 |
| TSETSES | 3 % | 7 |
| TAKESOFF | 3 % | 8 |
| AVIGATES | 3 % | 8 |
| FLEES | 3 % | 5 |
| TEARS | 3 % | 5 |
| WINGS | 3 % | 5 |
| INSECTS | 3 % | 7 |
| SPEEDS | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flies
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Crossword Answer definitions
AVIATES verb- To operate an aircraft.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AVIATES
- Goes up
- Flies
- Uses props, perhaps
- Emulates Waldo Pepper
- Flies an airplane
- Heads up
- Does the Wright thing
- Takes to the skies
- Takes off
- Emulates Earhart
More clues leading to the result SOARS
- Flies high
- Flies above all
- Flies like an eagle
- Gets high
- Glides
- Travels by hanglider
- Emulates eagles
- Goes with the eagles
- Gets really high
- Takes to the skies
More clues leading to the result SOLOS
- Flies alone
- Pavarotti arias
- One's performances
- Lead guitarists often play them
- Musical leads
- Songs for one
- Spotlit bits
- Lead voices
- Arias, e.g.
- Jazz leads
More clues leading to the result ZIPS
- Prepares to exit the stall, say
- University of Akron athletes
- Fastens a fly
- Scoots along
- Closes, as a fly
- Goes very fast
- Zooms along
- Compresses files
- Goes like the wind
- Speeds
More clues leading to the result JETS
- "West Side Story" gang
- Namath's old squad
- Turbo and prop
- Frequent fliers
- Super Bowl III winners
- Hot tub features
- NFL team aka "Gang Green"
- Team nicknamed Gang Green
- The very rich may have private ones
- Landers at LaGuardia
More clues leading to the result HURTLES
- Moves quickly
- Moves forcefully
- Moves speedily
- Flies
- Rushes violently and noisily.
- Moves noisily.
- Moves rapidly.
More clues leading to the result GNATS
- Airborne pests
- Pesty biters
- No-see-ums
- Tiny biters
- Summer swarm
- Swattable pests
- Annoying swarm
- Miniature biters
- Irritants in a cloud
- Insects that form "ghosts" when they swarm
More clues leading to the result BAIT
- Minnows, perhaps
- Worms, often
- Worms, perhaps
- Fisherman's need
- Switch's partner
- Worms and such
- Troll
- Lead astray
- Night crawlers
- Goad
More clues leading to the result ZOOMS
- Like some lens
- Camera lenses
- Closeup shots, maybe
- Moves like the Road Runner
- Some lenses
- Speeds (along)
- Goes in a hurry
- Skyrockets
- Does some closeups
- Races
More clues leading to the result RASPS
- Coarse files
- Harsh sounds
- Throaty utterances
- Grating sounds
- Horseshoers' tools
- Sings like Tom Waits
- Sings like Satchmo
- Rough tools
- Talks hoarsely
- Is far from lilting
More clues leading to the result TSETSES
- Dangerous flies
- African insects
- Some pests ... and an anagram of 59-Across
- Some safari biters
- Spreaders of sleeping sickness
- Pathogen carriers
- Insects with prominent proboscises
- African bloodsuckers
- Feared fliers
- Trypanosome transmitters
More clues leading to the result TAKESOFF
More clues leading to the result AVIGATES
More clues leading to the result FLEES
- Hightails it
- Gets lost
- Takes a powder
- Makes tracks
- Goes on the lam
- Skedaddles
- Gets away
- Skips town
- Takes off
- Makes a run for it
More clues leading to the result TEARS
- Troubled waters?
- Peeling onion after effects
- Onion byproducts
- Pulls apart
- Eye drops
- Forgoes scissors
- With 36-Across, attacks verbally
- Crying
- Salty drops
- Makers of wet tracks
More clues leading to the result WINGS
- Extensions
- First Best Picture
- "Band on the Run" band
- First Best Picture Oscar winner
- McCartney's post-Beatles band
- Aviation badges
- Flicker's flappers
- First winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
- Offstage areas
- Pilot's pin
More clues leading to the result INSECTS
- Bugs
- Entomologist's subject
- Raid targets
- Crickets and beetles
- Pangolin's diet
- Walkingsticks
- Beetles and bees
- Spray targets
- Aardwolf's diet
- Flies, for example