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Force An Aircraft Must Overcome Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DRAG which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

• something that slows or delays progress

• something tedious and boring

• clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• the act of dragging (pulling with force)

verb

• pull, as against a resistance

• draw slowly or heavily

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• move slowly and as if with great effort

• to lag or linger behind

• suck in or take (air)

• use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it

• walk without lifting the feet

• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

• proceed for an extended period of time

29%8 A series of difficult tasks or obstacles that must be overcome
noun

• to offer or accept a challenge

• a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

• a glove with long sleeve

• a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim

29%11 The principal character who must overcome obstacles
noun

• a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

• the principal character in a work of fiction

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New York Times23 Aug 2022 Down 11
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