Word "FLYING" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
moving swiftly
Synonyms:
fast-flying
Examples:
fast-flying planes
played the difficult passage with flying fingers

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an instance of traveling by air
Synonyms:
flight
Examples:
flying was still an exciting adventure for him

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
hurried and brief
Synonyms:
fast, quick
Examples:
paid a flying visit
took a flying glance at the book

Crossword Clues for FLYING

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Like a famous Scotsman? (6)
& 23A 1938 novel by C S Forester (6,7) Mirror Quiz 03 May 2025
1938 novel by C S Forester
And 23 1938 novel by C S Forester (6.7)
___ fox, winged mammal (6)
Brief is fine with perjury (6)
(& 9-across) UFO (6,6)
Monty Python's ___ Circus, 1970s comedy series (6)
Throw around the youth leader and get airborne (6)
Why in fling when using wings? (6)
Like little birdie said, why affair kept hidden? (6) The Guardian Cryptic 21 Jan 2025
Steam locomotive that made its first non-stop run from King's Cross to Edinburgh in 1928 (6)
Airborne youth leader gets cast out
Fellow being untruthful when travelling by air (6)
Travelling by plane, eg
Cathedral supporter is nevertheless into very short hair (6,8) The Guardian Cryptic 16 Oct 2024
Fear of ___, 1973 novel by Erica Jong
Aerial motion (6)
Airborne The Telegraph Quick 13 Sep 2024
Means of travel - female not telling truth The Times Quick Cryptic 02 Sep 2024
In a hurry to throw round your head (6)
Year in relationship is going very quickly (6) The Guardian Cryptic 28 Aug 2024
Erica Jong's "Fear of ___" (6)
The F of UFO
1973 novel by Erica Jong (4,2,6)
Female producing pork pies is very quick
Would such a squad move as a squadron? (6)
Taking flight running fast
(and 5 Across) Freezing, aptly, performing in circus act (6,7)
Riding the wind
___ saucer, aliens' vehicle (6) Puzzler 27 Apr 2024
Soaring through the air (6)
Going by air
Airborne youth leader in cast
Why get involved in fling with this sort of Scotsman? (6)
Operating an aircraft
Going by air (6) Puzzler 17 Mar 2024
Going by aircraft (6)
Travelling by air The Telegraph Quick 13 Feb 2024
Travelling by air (6)
'The ___', 1843 opera by Richard Wagner (6)
(and 5 Across) Chiefly naming unusual aircraft (6,7)
Chiefly naming unusual aircraft (6,7)
"The ___ Scotsman," 1929 film starring Ray Milland in his first major role
Female telling stories in a plane? The Times Quick Cryptic 02 Feb 2024
(& 15-down) Opera featuring KLM pilot (6,8)
Swift - doing what it does? The Guardian Cryptic 18 Jan 2024
& 24 Across Craft prone to break surface roughly The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Jul 2023
The __, Wagner opera from 1843 The Guardian Weekend 11 Mar 2023
"___ Solo: The Mystery of Amelia Earhart," documentary based on Earhart's life and disappearance
— Fortress; — boat; — fish The Times Concise 19 Jul 2022
Very brief affair involving Tory's ending... The Telegraph Toughie 16 Jun 2022
Moving rapidly The Guardian Quick 16 Apr 2022
Brief from foreign leader spreading fake news The Guardian Cryptic 01 Mar 2022
Brief from foreign leader spreading fake news
Initially fast, then flat out?
Travelling overseas? There's romance about the unknown
Travelling through air Irish Times Simplex 28 Dec 2020
Very brief dance around yard
— Boat; — buttress The Times Concise 07 Aug 2020
Force probably on the ground or up in the air
''Those magnificent men in their ... machines'' (film theme song) Irish Times Simplex 01 Jul 2020
Magical rides New York Times 26 Apr 2020
With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across
With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across New York Times 11 Feb 2020
In the air The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2019
Yankee in relationship travelling abroad? The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2019
Brief avian activity
Fellow making things up going on air
Moving through the air Irish Times Simplex 07 Sep 2019
Is winging it, as figurehead is not telling the truth Irish Times Crosaire 05 Aug 2019
& 20 Maritime aircraft The Telegraph Quick 27 Apr 2019
Insect – one no good on the wing
On the wing The Guardian Speedy 17 Mar 2019
Pass with ___ colors USA Today 20 Nov 2018
Very quick affair involving you at first
Airborne The Times Concise 29 Jul 2018
With 40-Across, what a straight-A student passes with ... or a hint to 17-, 27-, 46- and 62-Across New York Times 17 Jul 2018
In the air; hurrying The Times Concise 31 May 2018
Fast food's leader producing Whopper?
Pass with ___ colors
With 40-Across, what a straight-A student passes with ... or a hint to 17-, 27-, 46- and 62-Across
Opposite of slow New York Times 28 Jan 2017
Opposite of slow
Rushed fellow telling story
Unknown in cast making rapid progress The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Mar 2016
Hurried up?
— Squad; — doctor The Times Concise 04 Feb 2016
With intervention of hubby ultimately, affair is in the air
Pesky type in Government is travelling places with head in the clouds Irish Times Crosaire 09 Oct 2015
Very brief affair takes a year
— boat; — buttress The Times Concise 05 Jan 2015
Catapult over its frame to get airborne
Fast female telling untruths
Type of squirrel or saucer
Erica Jong's phobia, ostensibly
Like some colors
Up in the air
Up in the air
With 48-Down, NASA concern
Aloft
Soaring aloft
Science fiction
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