Fly: artifice required to squash one Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PILOT Fly: artifice required to squash one (5) The Times Cryptic Aug 5, 2022
6% IDS "Real" ones are now required to fly (3) New York Times Midi May 10, 2026
6% SMUSH Squash (5) New York Times Mini May 8, 2026
6% ACORN __ squash (5) LA Times Daily Apr 1, 2026
5% BIRD One making calls on the fly? (4) New York Times May 9, 2026
5% NEED One editor's requirement (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic May 7, 2026
5% NEEDS Requirements (5) The Telegraph Mini May 3, 2026
5% FLU Bug that can be hard to squash? (3) The Atlantic May 1, 2026
5% ANTE Hand requirement (4) Universal May 1, 2026
5% OBLATE Squashed, as a sphere; to bale (anag.) (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Apr 23, 2026

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