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

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STAW

More WSJ Crossword (10/15/2024) Answers

Across

1. When Romeo meets Juliet

5. Its atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide

10. Present

14. Investing goal

15. Manila envelope feature

16. Furthest Aleutian island from the mainland

17. “Show Boat” ballad

19. Ilk

20. They give a lot of support

21. Calming words

23. Campaign speech platform

25. Signature song for Linda Ronstadt

27. Sturdy flora

28. Mare's baby

29. Unsuitable

30. End for pea or chest

31. Go bad

32. Ryan of rom-coms

33. Oscar-winning song from “The Little Mermaid”

38. Umpire's call

39. Na+ or Cl-

40. Sound of frustration

43. Conductor Zubin

46. Added to an email chain

47. TV’s talking horse, of course, of course

48. Triple-platinum 2017 song by Billie Eilish

50. Gotta go!

51. Burrito part?

52. Member of a support staff

53. Sheltered, for sailors

54. Handel composition, and a description of 17-, 25-, 33- and 48-Across

59. “Life of Pi” writer Martel

60. Like argon and neon

61. Daytime viewing

63. Tissue masses

64. Frozen sister

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Down

1. Before now

2. “Silent” president

3. Extremely distant place, in metaphor

4. Words after brothers or comrades

5. Devices owned by many who patronized Blockbuster

6. New Haven alum

7. Like the Annapolis acad.

8. Handy

9. Shopaholic’s indulgence

10. Kitchen appliance

11. 2017 Margot Robbie movie

12. 1960s sitcom set at Fort Courage

13. "For shame!"

18. Fleece feature

22. “___ Irish Rose”

23. Junior, to Senior

24. Letter after sigma

25. Ill-mannered fellow

26. Grid pattern

28. Stew

32. Stitch up

34. Withering assessment from a scout

35. Elder of rock’s Allman Brothers

36. Tilling tools

37. Mutually accepts

41. "The Rise of Skywalker" heroine

42. Nutritional fig.

43. Voracious eels

44. Fracking ban, e.g.

45. Capital northeast of Butte

46. Play character who nose how to talk to a woman?

47. Woman with hissing hair

49. Astronomer Hubble

50. Type of card in a smartphone

52. Newspaper section

55. Danson of "The Good Place"

56. Before, poetically

57. “Machines Like Me” writer McEwan

58. Tax pro, for short

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