| Familiar name for crane fly suggesting a tall father (5-4-4) |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Oct 2025 |
| Spindly spider (5,4-4) |
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| 1955 Fred Astaire film taken from a novel by Jean Webster (5,4,4) |
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| Insect gladdens godly converts (5-8) |
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| Fly from parent who's tall? (5-4-4) |
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| *Harmless arachnid |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Feb 2025 |
| Crane fly |
The Times Sunday Concise |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Arachnid with spindly limbs |
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| Crane fly |
Mirror Tea Time |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Spied her lanky parent, reportedly (5,4,4) |
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| Fly with little ones being able to take big strides? (5-4-4) |
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| Harvestman a giant of the family? (5-4-4) |
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| Gladly send dog out to find insect |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Crane fly in the family Tipulidae which resembles a mosquito but does not bite (5,8) |
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| Father could make big strides in the insect world? (5-4-4) |
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| Male insect can make great strides with youngsters? (5,8) |
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| Parent yearns to keep stage for one with fragile pins? (5,4,4) |
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| Father presumably doesn't need stilts to catch this insect! (5-4-4) |
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| With father opening, out-fielders fly (5,8) |
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| Father presumably doesn't need stilts to catch this insect! (5,8) |
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| Insect eggs land oddly when thrown |
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| Fly (5,8) |
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| Flier featuring pop record around northern branches (5-4-4) |
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| Flier featuring pop record around northern branches |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Dec 2023 |
| Harvestman – giant of the family? |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Fly |
The Guardian Speedy |
29 Jan 2023 |
| *Spiderlike arachnid |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2023 |
| 2) Which arachnid is also called a harvestman? |
Universal |
09 Nov 2022 |
| Cranefly |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Jul 2021 |
| Cranefly |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 May 2021 |
| Epistolary novel by Jean Webster |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
18 Jan 2021 |
| Pop's full of ache -- start of love, say, an awkward, delicate thing |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 May 2020 |
| Fred Astaire |
Newsday |
10 May 2020 |
| Spiderlike critter |
USA Today |
11 May 2016 |
| Spiderlike critter |
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| Pop star's first to acquire position in field and fly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Jul 2015 |
| Parental spider? |
Universal |
19 May 2015 |
| Parental spider? |
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| Spiderlike bug |
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| 1955 Astaire film about an orphan and her benefactor |
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| 1955 Caron-Astaire film |
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| 1955 Astaire film about an orphan and her benefactor |
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| Some arachnids |
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| His pants are too short? |
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| 1955 Astaire/Caron film |
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| Astaire musical |
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| Spiderlike arachnid |
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| Astaire/Caron musical |
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| Astaire-Caron film |
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| Spiderlike critter |
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| Spiderlike bug |
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| Caron-Astaire film, 1955 |
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| 1955 Astaire musical |
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| 1955 Fred Astaire/Leslie Caron musical |
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| Harvestman |
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| Fred Astaire title role |
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| Astaire-Caron film: 1955 |
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| Jean Webster book |
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| Astaire film of 1955 |
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