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noun • (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned | ||||
| 35% | 7 | Fly family including the face fly and horn fly | ||
noun • Any fly of the family Muscidae of insects. | ||||
| 32% | 4 | They're unlikely to fly, in an idiom | ||
noun • domestic swine • a coarse obnoxious person • a person regarded as greedy and pig-like • uncomplimentary terms for a policeman • mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast • a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace verb • live like a pig, in squalor • eat greedily • give birth to (piglets) | ||||
Mythical Figure Who Inspired The Idiom Fly Too Close To The Sun
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ICARUS which was last seen in the New York Times Mini crossword.
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ICARUS
Updated: October 13, 2025
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