Fly or popper, e.g. Crossword Clue

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Fly or popper, e.g. Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. anything that serves as an enticement
2. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
(verb)
1. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

POPPER (noun)
1. British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)
2. a container for cooking popcorn
FLY (verb)
1. pass away rapidly
2. decrease rapidly and disappear
FLY (noun)
1. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
2. an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
FLY (adjective)
1. (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

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Down

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