Try for a fly Crossword Clue

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Try for a fly Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a sharp blow
(verb)
1. hit swiftly with a violent blow

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TRY (verb)
1. melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
2. test the limits of
TRY (noun)
1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
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

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
STAW

More WSJ Crossword (10/25/2025) Answers

Across

1. Informal negation

5. Publicly criticize

11. Unit in the 11-Down system

15. Chimney filth

19. Deposit in certain banks

20. Despise

21. Flat formation

22. "Once more ___ the breach, dear friends..."

23. *Bombing, e.g.

25. *Reptiles that can detect infrared radiation

27. Farfalle and fusilli, e.g.

28. Some aces

30. Chocolaty Post cereal

31. Thought

34. More slippery, perhaps

35. Eat quickly

36. *It might be dusted

40. Pop singer Dua

42. “Young Frankenstein,” e.g.

45. Russo of “Nightcrawler”

46. Novelist Gerritsen

47. Lack

49. Mysterious glow

50. Gore and more

51. Comedian Maron

52. *Stretched-thin staff

54. Middle strings

56. Ready for customers

58. Strong cotton variety

59. Tax ID

60. One of the title characters in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”

61. Simple data structures

63. Bombay and Beefeater

65. *With 67-Across, mysterious masked man of drama

67. See 65-Across

73. 1973 Toni Morrison novel

74. Take a risk, in slang

76. Human, bird or kangaroo

77. NYU or USC, e.g.

80. Close

82. Far from frequent

83. Whodunit element

84. *Front, say

90. Great Expectations hero

91. Bring in

92. "Anything you want!"

93. Lots

94. Disappear à la the Wicked Witch

95. Trapped by a hound, perhaps

97. Shrinking

98. *Pedigrees

100. “Auld Lang Syne” language

102. Smear in the newspaper

104. Like blue hair

105. Oldest national park east of the Mississippi River

107. Guarantee

108. Materialized

112. *Hold a candle to, say

114. Nervousness in front of an audience, or a description of the starred answers

118. Irritable mood

119. Pâté de ___ gras

120. Not merely survive

121. Toga party site

122. Sticky stuff

123. Chinese currency

124. Talked back

125. Disaster relief org.

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Down

1. Right away

2. Andean empire

3. Haves and have-___

4. Cheat on

5. Music genre prefix

6. Part of a digital footprint?

7. Bat application

8. They run from Inwood to Far Rockaway

9. High-quality

10. Beach volleyball legend ___ Walsh Jennings

11. Like pounds and pints, but not meters and liters

12. It’s declining in Berlin

13. Setting for a Chicago winter

14. Chaos

15. Women Vote! or American Crossroads, e.g.

16. Pulitzer-winning Willa Cather novel

17. Other, in Oaxaca

18. Fling

24. Slowly vanish

26. Some nest eggs, briefly

29. Violent fracas

32. "Dónde ___?" ("Where are you?")

33. Taiwanese computer maker

35. Waited patiently

36. Bit of neckwear

37. 'Enjoy!'

38. Shoe extra

39. Ensure the safety of

41. Make ready

43. Prospects for prospectors

44. Forest youngster

47. Fashion house headquartered on Seventh Ave.

48. 'Bro!'

51. Reaction to an escape

52. Baseball features

53. “Gray goo” unit

55. Drinks with a tongue

57. Course worker

61. Apple crisp and paper clips, e.g.

62. Bat signal

64. Roasting stick

66. Many a slimy movie monster

68. New Deal prez

69. Connects with

70. Reaction shot?

71. Angrily criticize

72. Proficient people

75. Part of QED

77. “Don’t delete” marking

78. Blacken

79. “My advice would be...”

81. It comes after first, second and third

83. Moore of “This Is Us”

85. Amusing story

86. Have one’s worth appreciated

87. Collaborative sites

89. Bat material

93. Ready to listen

94. Belly button location

96. Slay

98. 1971 song by the Grateful Dead

99. “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” poet

101. Candy not actually made with seawater

103. The Napoleons in the Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”

105. Brief second?

106. John of "The Suicide Squad"

107. Diva's piece

109. Shrek, e.g.

110. Pretender

111. James of jazz

113. Debtor's letters

115. KP workers

116. All Hallows' ___

117. Stoked

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