Bird needs a shot to move gracefully (4,6) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Bird needs a shot to move gracefully (4,6) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on September 30, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SWANAROUND.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SWANAROUND Bird needs a shot to move gracefully (4,6) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 30, 2025
6% SNAKE Kane's shot to move sinuously (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Sep 9, 2025
6% ATTEMPT Shot (7) LA Times Daily Aug 28, 2025
6% POT Trump shot perhaps? Urn needed (3) The Sun Two Speed Jul 11, 2025
6% SVELTE Gracefully slender (6) The Sun Two Speed Jun 25, 2025
6% OWLS Slow-moving birds (4) Mirror Cryptic Jun 1, 2025
6% GLIDE Move gracefully (5) LA Times Mini Nov 29, 2023
6% LITHE Moving gracefully (5) New York Times Mar 10, 2021
6% GLIDES Moves gracefully (6) Universal Dec 4, 2020
6% LILTED Moved gracefully (6)

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