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noun • small North American falcon • small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind | ||||
| 29% | 6 | Flies like flies | ||
noun • a moving crowd • a group of many things in the air or on the ground verb • be teeming, be abuzz • move in large numbers | ||||
| 29% | 4 | "__ flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana": Groucho Marx | ||
noun • an instance or single occasion for some event • a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something • an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) • a suitable moment • the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past • a person's experience on a particular occasion • a reading of a point in time as given by a clock • the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event • rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration • the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned verb • measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time • assign a time for an activity or event • set the speed, duration, or execution of • regulate or set the time of • adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time | ||||
One Flies Straight Into The Middle Of Hull
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KESTREL which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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KESTREL
Updated: September 1, 2025
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1 | "__ flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana": Groucho Marx
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