Take to the skies
The crossword clue "Take to the skies" is answered by AVIATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AVIATE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVIATE answer page.
Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SOARUPWARDS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for AVIATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by AVIATE, most used first.
- Fly - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- Fly a plane - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Take to the sky - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Do the Wright thing? - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Emulate Earhart - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Pilot - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Take wing - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Fly high - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Pilot a plane - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Take to the air - used 13 times, most recently in 2011
- Be a pilot - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Take flight - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Go up - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Barnstorm, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Navigate the air - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Operate a plane - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Take for granted - ASSUME, used 100 times
- In the thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
- Take turns - ROTATE, used 82 times
- Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
- On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
- On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
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