Take to the skies Crossword Clue

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Take to the skies Crossword Answer

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FLY

(3 letters)

SOAR

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. operate an airplane

Hint 2: Clue Definition

TAKE (noun)
1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
TAKE (verb)
1. be capable of holding or containing
2. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

FLY
(3 letters)
SOAR
(4 letters)

More WSJ Crossword (1/31/2026) Answers

Across

1. Pool marking

6. Do ___ on (harm)

10. Heartburn cause

14. Second-stringers

19. Craters of the Moon National Monument site

20. Tough membrane covering the brain

21. Teacher of the Dharma

22. Have because of

23. Sharp-yet-sweet condiment

26. Pleasing cadences

27. Resulted

28. Tapioca source

29. Preacher’s perch

30. Cockpit fig.

32. Garnish for an Old-Fashioned or Negroni

34. Respectful address

39. Smart reaction?

42. Minnesota’s features a loon

43. Brand with a torch logo

44. Rupture

47. They may block for the QB

48. Sweet vegetable that might be stuffed

52. Toenail treatment, for short

56. Woodsman’s tool

57. Raucous bird

58. Former New Mexico senator Tom

59. Alternative to Ionic and Corinthian

60. King found in 1922, familiarly

61. Grp. based in the West Bank

64. Briny bit on a pizza

66. No-frills membership tier

69. Paperless periodical

70. Crumbly base for dips and dressings

71. Plopped down

72. Start for metric or magnetic

73. Carried

74. How athletes competed in the original Olympics

76. Lamentable

77. “___ but a scratch” (Black Knight’s line in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”)

80. Bagged booty

81. Garden fruit whose unique color comes from the antioxidant anthocyanin

86. Sixth col. out of seven

87. Baseball’s “Iron Horse”

88. Narrow inlet

89. Subject to change

95. “Don’t Look Now (It Ain’t You ___)” (Creedence Clearwater Revival song)

96. Dessert portmanteau

97. Wildflower side dish

100. Where M.D.s scrub in

102. “’Spect so”

103. Distrustful of the motivations of others

106. The Beach Boys’ last hit

112. Ordered pizza, say

113. Skittles slogan, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme

115. To the point

116. “A Death in the Family” author

117. Part of a Clue guess

118. Sam of "Jurassic Park"

119. The Villager station wagon, e.g.

120. They’re easier to catch with closed eyes

121. “Sweat” playwright Nottage

122. Hull features

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Down

1. Extremely urgent

2. Tree of Life site

3. Punter’s protection

4. Grand

5. Refine over time

6. Furor

7. Particular point in time

8. Oceanic predator

9. Derisive cries

10. Place of unveilings

11. Art store purchase

12. Clarifying words

13. End for 86-Across

14. Vet’s pills

15. Fabrics with diagonal ridges

16. Baked British fish dish

17. Region unified by Theseus

18. Zero with three Tonys

24. Muckraker Tarbell

25. Org. that throws private parties?

29. Sellers of movies

31. Hotel area

33. Table type

34. Ancient Yucatán native

35. Visa alternative

36. Parcel out

37. Sports injury initials

38. Milk, facetiously

40. Cartoon collectible

41. "2001" computer

45. PC's brain

46. Maze walls, sometimes

49. Second-hand item?

50. Italian city known for its ham

51. Fabric fold

52. Elvis was publicly vaccinated against it in 1956

53. Dublin's land, poetically

54. Seedy joint

55. Rangers work on it

59. Nodded

60. LPGA Tour golfer Yani

61. Beg

62. British economist Harold

63. Dieter’s breakfast

65. Hound

66. Sudden misfortune

67. Mysterious quality

68. Ink spots?

70. Little shots?

75. Female rabbit

76. *"Old Time Rock and Roll" singer

77. Poi root

78. Wee

79. Neighbor of Mayfair and Covent Garden

81. Fuming

82. P look-alike

83. Hockey great Bobby

84. Buck

85. Peace, to Pasternak

86. Lens used in lighthouses

90. Began to capsize, say

91. Barflies

92. Fictional resident of the Plaza Hotel

93. “I Am What I Am” musical, familiarly

94. Macron’s palace

98. Pot growers?

99. Casino cube

101. Rocksteady relative

104. PC Key

105. Hand’s hello

107. Farm sound

108. 37-Down site

109. Theater award

110. Gangster's girl

111. Stealthy fliers

113. Animated devil, familiarly

114. DDE’s veep

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