| Remain suspended | The Telegraph Mini | 11 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Remain suspended | Puzzler Backwords | 13 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Move like a drone | Wall Street Journal | 02 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Hang in the air over one spot (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Remain aloft |  |  | 
          
            | It will hang around in the air near Brighton to the right (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Linger, remain suspended (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in the air (5) | Mirror Classic | 01 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Hang motionless |  |  | 
          
            | Appear overprotective, say | New York Times | 20 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Move aloft (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Henry finished gets to remain suspended (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Float, like a drone |  |  | 
          
            | Suspend in the air (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Remain suspended | Puzzler Backwords | 16 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Be suspended by Brighton's neighbour right at the end (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Act the helicopter parent |  |  | 
          
            | Linger like a helicopter(5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hydrogen left to hang about (5) |  |  | 
          
            | However, we declined to hang around (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Be suspended in the air (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Float above ground (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Make like a helicopter parent | Wall Street Journal | 08 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Float like a hummingbird | New York Times Mini | 15 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Remain in the air getting hard word in radio communication (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Vacillate | The Sun Mini | 24 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Fly across an hour before (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Float just above the ground (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Fly with the new hero who has victory in his grasp (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Stay in one place in the air (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Remain in one place in the air (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hang around hospital too much (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Shove right in and find a way to hang about |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in air |  |  | 
          
            | Loiter in van in Hertford with some deliveries | The Times Cryptic | 22 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Remain suspended | Puzzler Backwords | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Hard to get across? Fly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hang about craftily? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Initially high above - float there? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in the air | Mirror Tea Time | 01 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Hang aloft (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in the air | Thomas Joseph | 22 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Drift in place near Brighton, right? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Float on a cushion of air (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in the air, having hydrogen to spare (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in the air | Commuter | 30 May 2024 | 
          
            | Defy gravity craftily? |  |  | 
          
            | Linger solicitously at hospital on the other side (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Stay airborne in one spot |  |  | 
          
            | Be in state of uncertainty |  |  | 
          
            | Hang about in resort town on river (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 29 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | What drones and anxious parents do | New York Times | 24 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | What those still in the air do (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hang around near Brighton, at the railhead (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Fly in one place (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Vacuum cleaner has nothing to lose if you hang about (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hard to get across to? Fly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Float on air | Puzzler Backwords | 11 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Hummingbirds do it | Wall Street Journal | 03 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Hang around in the air? |  |  | 
          
            | Float in the air | Newsday | 19 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Be overattentive, as a waiter | LA Times Daily | 18 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Linger — be undecided (about something) | The Guardian Quick | 05 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Levitate | The Times Concise | 17 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Micromanage, maybe | Wall Street Journal | 24 May 2023 | 
          
            | Be still in the air | Newsday | 08 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Float like a helicopter | Newsday | 02 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Levitate | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Float like a helicopter | Newsday | 30 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Emulate a drone | LA Times Daily | 22 May 2022 | 
          
            | Hang in midair | LA Times Daily | 07 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Hang in midair | The Washington Post | 07 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Hang over; loiter | The Guardian Speedy | 04 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Hang in the air | The Telegraph Quick | 01 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Remain still in the air | The Times Concise | 27 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Hang in the air | Universal | 15 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | What drones may do | The Washington Post | 30 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | What drones may do | LA Times Daily | 30 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Act like a helicopter parent | Universal | 13 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Hang about in south coast resort before run |  |  | 
          
            | Behave like a helicopter parent | New York Times | 08 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Hang like a helicopter | USA Today | 16 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Hang in midair | LA Times Daily | 19 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Hang in midair | The Washington Post | 19 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Be overly protective | New York Times | 14 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Float or levitate | The Sun Two Speed | 16 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Hang about — hours remaining | The Sun Two Speed | 16 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Hoedown's beginning on float |  |  | 
          
            | Linger as husband left after others have gone? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 08 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Be overly protective |  |  | 
          
            | Hang like a helicopter |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in midair |  |  | 
          
            | Float in the air | The Washington Post | 28 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Float in the air | LA Times Daily | 28 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Hang in the air | Thomas Joseph | 08 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Hang in midair |  |  | 
          
            | Hang up? | The Washington Post Sunday | 11 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Float in the air |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in the air or waver | Irish Times Simplex | 07 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Hang like a hummingbird | USA Today | 12 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Hang, like a drone | USA Today | 19 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Be watchfully ever-present | New York Times | 09 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Remain undecided about joining Hearts |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate a news helicopter | The Washington Post | 18 May 2017 | 
          
            | Emulate a news helicopter | LA Times Daily | 18 May 2017 | 
          
            | Linger, however, after partners have left | The Telegraph Cryptic | 30 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Hummingbirds can do it | USA Today | 30 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Hang like a hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate a news helicopter |  |  | 
          
            | Be watchfully ever-present |  |  | 
          
            | Hummingbirds can do it |  |  | 
          
            | Hang, like a drone |  |  | 
          
            | Be overattentive, as a waiter | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 30 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Float like a hummingbird | USA Today | 02 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Exhibit overprotectiveness | The Washington Post | 12 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Float | The Telegraph Quick | 05 May 2016 | 
          
            | Levitate | The Washington Post | 25 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Stay near Sussex resort on river | The Times Cryptic | 15 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Be overattentive, as a waiter |  |  | 
          
            | Word before craft or board | Jonesin | 22 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Be too protective | Newsday | 19 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Hang around | The Telegraph Quick | 09 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Levitate | Family Time | 30 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | What helicopter parents do | New York Times | 18 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Hang about in Soho, verbally | The Sun Two Speed | 10 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Float on air | The Sun Two Speed | 10 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Hang around shack eventually changing hands | The Telegraph Cryptic | 22 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Float in the air | Universal | 15 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Float like a butterfly | New York Times | 04 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Be too protective |  |  | 
          
            | Float like a butterfly |  |  | 
          
            | Float in the air |  |  | 
          
            | What helicopter parents do |  |  | 
          
            | Hang like a hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Supervise too closely |  |  | 
          
            | Float like a helicopter |  |  | 
          
            | Hang like a hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Float in the air |  |  | 
          
            | Float like a helicopter |  |  | 
          
            | Hang like a helicopter |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in midair |  |  | 
          
            | Do like some birds and bees |  |  | 
          
            | Act like a protective mother |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in midair |  |  | 
          
            | Float |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in the air |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate a feeding hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Act like a doting grandma, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Act like a doting grandma, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Act like an overly protective parent |  |  | 
          
            | Be still in the air |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate a feeding hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in midair |  |  | 
          
            | Hang up? |  |  | 
          
            | Move like a chopper |  |  | 
          
            | Hang up? |  |  | 
          
            | Hang like a Huey |  |  | 
          
            | Stay up? |  |  | 
          
            | Protect, in a way, with "over" |  |  | 
          
            | Hang up? |  |  | 
          
            | Be overattentive, as a waiter |  |  | 
          
            | Hang |  |  | 
          
            | Float like a copter |  |  | 
          
            | Hang around |  |  | 
          
            | Float like a hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate a hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Flying-saucer maneuver |  |  | 
          
            | Float like a copter |  |  | 
          
            | What helicopters do |  |  | 
          
            | Hang, as a hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Hummingbirds do it |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in the air |  |  | 
          
            | Hang |  |  | 
          
            | Show protectiveness |  |  | 
          
            | Make like a hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Show protectiveness |  |  | 
          
            | Float in place |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate a copter |  |  | 
          
            | Hummingbirds do it |  |  | 
          
            | Hang over |  |  | 
          
            | Float like a butterfly |  |  | 
          
            | Wait nearby |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate a copter |  |  | 
          
            | Float in place |  |  | 
          
            | Hang suspended |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate a hummingbird |  |  | 
          
            | Be overattentive, as a waiter |  |  | 
          
            | Hang over |  |  | 
          
            | Hang like a chopper |  |  | 
          
            | Remain floating in air |  |  | 
          
            | Hang over the ground |  |  | 
          
            | Linger |  |  | 
          
            | Levitate |  |  | 
          
            | Act solicitously, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Hang over |  |  | 
          
            | Vacillate |  |  | 
          
            | Float |  |  | 
          
            | Be constantly around |  |  | 
          
            | Hang in the air |  |  | 
          
            | Hang around |  |  | 
          
            | Hummingbirds do it |  |  | 
          
            | Wait nearby |  |  | 
          
            | Float |  |  | 
          
            | Remain in an uncertain state |  |  | 
          
            | Move like a helicopter |  |  | 
          
            | Move like a chopper |  |  | 
          
            | Fly like a flying saucer |  |  | 
          
            | Hummingbird verb |  |  | 
          
            | Group of trout |  |  | 
          
            | Flutter |  |  | 
          
            | Be irresolute |  |  | 
          
            | Hang over |  |  | 
          
            | Helicopters do this |  |  | 
          
            | Circle above |  |  | 
          
            | Linger close by |  |  | 
          
            | Wait close by |  |  | 
          
            | Wait nearby |  |  | 
          
            | Perform a helicopter maneuver |  |  | 
          
            | Hang about |  |  | 
          
            | Stay suspended |  |  | 
          
            | Be doubtful |  |  | 
          
            | Hang suspended |  |  | 
          
            | Linger close by. |  |  | 
          
            | Linger about. |  |  | 
          
            | Flutter near. |  |  | 
          
            | Hang over, as a helicopter. |  |  | 
          
            | Be undecided. |  |  | 
          
            | Stay near. |  |  | 
          
            | Flutter about. |  |  | 
          
            | Wait close by. |  |  | 
          
            | Remain suspended. |  |  | 
          
            | Wait near at hand. |  |  |