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Proverbial Flier Crossword Clue

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noun

• an instance or single occasion for some event

• a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something

• an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)

• a suitable moment

• the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

• a person's experience on a particular occasion

• a reading of a point in time as given by a clock

• the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

• rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

• the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

verb

• measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

• assign a time for an activity or event

• set the speed, duration, or execution of

• regulate or set the time of

• adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time

26%8Flier, deserter, or a deserting flier?
noun

• traveler who moves from one region or country to another

• an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year

26%8Flier abandoned by fellow flier
noun

• someone skilled in the use of a rifle

• a soldier whose weapon is a rifle

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New York Times06 Oct 1982 Down 28
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