The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WHIMSY , but the solution may also be WILD IDEA which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Flight of fancy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WHIMSY | 8 % | 6 |
| WHIM | 8 % | 4 |
| WILDTHINK | 8 % | 9 |
| ESCAPISM | 8 % | 8 |
| EGOTRIP | 8 % | 7 |
| SALLY | 8 % | 5 |
| WILD IDEA | 8 % | 9 |
| PHANTASM | 8 % | 8 |
| SPREE | 8 % | 5 |
| DREAM | 8 % | 5 |
| MAGICCARPETRIDE | 8 % | 15 |
| DAYDREAM | 8 % | 8 |
Why may WILD-IDEA be the right solution?
The phrase "flight of fancy" is often used to describe a wild or imaginative idea that is not based in reality. "Wild idea" is a fitting answer that captures the essence of a fanciful or imaginative concept.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flight of fancy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fancy
- fancying
- imagery
- imaginary
- dream
- conceit
- quixotry
- fantasy
- idea
- reverie
- imagining
- fantastry
Crossword Answer definitions
WHIMSY noun- A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
- An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
- A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
- A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
- To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
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 WHIMSY
- Caprice
- Anything odd or fanciful
- Playful humor
- Capriciousness
- Fanciful idea
- Caprice.
- Flight of fancy
- Element of Dr. Seuss' work
- Fancifulness
- Capricious nature
More clues leading to the result WHIM
- Fancy
- Sudden impulse
- Caprice
- Passing fancy
- Impulse
- Capricious notion
- Sudden fancy
- Freakish fancy
- Sudden idea
- Crazy idea
More clues leading to the result WILDTHINK
More clues leading to the result ESCAPISM
- Means of avoiding reality
- Playing video games, say
- Watching "Avatar," say
- Avoidance of reality
- Much film watching, e.g.
- Reading comics, doing crosswords, etc.
- Flight of fancy
- Reading romance novels, for some
- Refusal to face facts
- Summer movie specialty
More clues leading to the result EGOTRIP
- Episode of self-pleasure?
- A high for an I?
- Vain exercise?
- Flight of fancy?
- Self-motivated journey?
- Self-guided tour?
- Vanity affair
- Voyage of vanity?
- Vanity case?
- Singing "Me, me, me," e.g.
More clues leading to the result SALLY
- Actress Struthers
- Don Draper's daughter
- Don Draper's daughter on "Mad Men"
- Rush against a siege
- Charlie Brown's sister
- Ride on a spaceship?
- Ride in a spaceship
- Ride in space
- Actress Field
- Adorer of 43-Across
More clues leading to the result WILD IDEA
More clues leading to the result PHANTASM
More clues leading to the result SPREE
- Binge
- Binge at the mall
- Bout of indulgence
- Shopping binge
- Indulgence at the mall
- Mall binge
- Something to go on
- Frolic
- Unrestrained episode
- Bender
More clues leading to the result DREAM
- Night vision
- Reverie
- "All I Have to Do Is __"
- "When I Grow Too Old to __"
- REM event
- "Inception" setting
- Bedtime story?
- Fodder for Freud
- Castle in the air
- Have high hopes
More clues leading to the result MAGICCARPETRIDE
- 1968 Steppenwolf hit
- 1968 top-five Steppenwolf hit
- Fantastic flight
- Steppenwolf hit
- Steppenwolf classic
- Steppenwolf 1968 hit
- Flight of fancy?