Took wing
The crossword clue "Took wing" is answered by FLEW, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FLEW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLEW answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 6 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.
- FLEWAWAY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for FLEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLEW, most used first.
- Took to the air - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Went by plane - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Soared - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Aviated - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Took off - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Took to the skies - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Took a plane - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sped - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Zoomed - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Went by air - 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.
- Took to court - SUED, used 187 times
- Wing-shaped - ALAR, used 98 times
- Took advantage of - USED, used 81 times
- Took the bus - RODE, used 81 times
- Took off - LEFT, used 53 times
- Took off - WENT, used 52 times
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