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| 99% | 10 | Exact Match! | ||||||
noun • small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance | ||||||||
| 30% | 8 | Movie featuring the song "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" | ||||||
noun • a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up • the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up | ||||||||
| 27% | 9 | Common name for a Mediterranean fruit fly | ||||||
noun • Mediterranean fruit flies | ||||||||
Fruit Fly Crossword Clue
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DROSOPHILA which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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DROSOPHILA
Updated: October 10, 2023
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| New York Times12 Jan 1991 | Across 39 | |
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