Crossword-Solution: FLYSPECK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Flyspeck | n. | A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot. |
| Flyspeck | v. t. | To soil with flyspecks. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “FLYSPECK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Insignificant dot | 1 answer |
| a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly | 1 answer |
| small speck of the excrement of a fly | 1 answer |
| Minute spot | 3 answers |
| Insignificant bit | 5 answers |
| Mote | 23 answers |
| Iota | 35 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with FLYSPECK (5)
Under ordinary circumstances he would have rolled his eyes, pulled his hair, an' ranted around about the base ungratitude of man; but this time he looked up to the sky an' hollered, "Come out here quick! Hurry up! COME ON!" We went out, an' the' was somethin' a-floatin' away up yonder, lookin' like a flyspeck on a new tablecloth.
Now look at me! Bumming my way back when I planned to make a record flight! Kicked off the train in this flyspeck on the desert; nothing to eat since yesterday, not even a smoke left on me, nor the price of one!" He accepted with a nod the tobacco and papers Johnny held out to him, and proceeded languidly to roll a cigarette.
But to me his ambitions seemed futile, and the whole of Long Island less important than a flyspeck on the map of the world.
Deshon, Frier, Winn, Andrews, Clayton, Billy Wright, Stevens, Segare and the rest of us at Caleb's used to wrestle with examinations of previous years and flyspeck page after page of stuff that we forgot completely before Plebe camp was over.
This affair to-night is a mere flyspeck to what's coming along in a week." "Suppose--suppose we're found out?" suggested Mason.
Quotes with FLYSPECK (1)
The different religions confused me. Which was the right one? I tried to figure it out but had no success. It worried me. The different Gods - Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, Mohammedan - seemed very particular in the way in which they expected me to keep on good terms with them. I couldn't please one without offending the others. One kind soul solved my problem by taking me on my first trip to the planetarium. I contemplated the insignificant flyspeck called Earth, the million…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NY Sun, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1981–2005).