Beating Odds To Fly A Spitfire Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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Expand?		Letters	Answer	Clue
	99%	4		Exact Match!
	noun • a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air • an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)
	35%	6		Fly Spitfire by day
	adjective satellite • marked by practical hardheaded intelligence • acting with a specific goal
	34%	7		Fly family including the face fly and horn fly
	noun • Any fly of the family Muscidae of insects.

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The Guardian Cryptic11 Sep 2013	Across 14
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