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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 32% | 6 | A groove in a sliding door or its frame enlarging to receive a catch and variously used when the door is closed to hold it or to keep it in position against its frame. | |
3 | 30% | 9 | Airborne ___: Paratrooper units trained for airborne operations | |
Catapult Over Its Frame To Get Airborne Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "FLYING" which means:
- noun
- • An instance of traveling by air adjective satellite
- • Moving swiftly
- • Hurried and brief verb
- • To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- • To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- • To flee, to escape (from).
- • To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- • (of a proposal, project or idea) to be accepted, come about or work out.
- • To travel very fast, hasten.
- • To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- • To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- • To hunt with a hawk. adjective
- • That flies or can fly.
- • Brief or hurried.
- • (of a sail) not secured by yards.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The flying squirrel glided through the trees."
- • "We watched the flying birds soar across the sky."
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The Guardian Cryptic15 Jan 2014 | Down 22 | |
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Similar Clues
Clue | Source | |
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1 | A groove in a sliding door or its frame enlarging to receive a catch and variously used when the door is closed to hold it or to keep it in position against its frame. | |
2 | Airborne ___: Paratrooper units trained for airborne operations | |
3 | Attempt with catapult to get young bird
The Guardian Cryptic -
07 Apr 2008 | The Guardian Cryptic / 07 Apr 2008 |
4 | Frame inside a frame
New York Times -
23 May 1985 | New York Times / 23 May 1985 |
5 | Frame within a frame
New York Times -
15 Mar 1981 | New York Times / 15 Mar 1981 |
6 | No slights (anag) — catapult (US)
The Guardian Quick -
22 May 2010 | The Guardian Quick / 22 May 2010 |
7 | Try to get airborne, maybe
New York Times -
06 Mar 2013 | New York Times / 06 Mar 2013 |
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