Letter F
"Five __, four calling birds . . ."
Five __ (carol collection)
*Flower mistakenly associated with many allergies
*Floral papal ornament
Feat achieved by both Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott (September, 2021)
Four strikeouts by a batter in a single game
Finishing touch on the first transcontinental railroad
Final piece of the transcontinental railroad
Feature of a pancake ad, often
... for a prospector?
Fleming thriller
Fleming's modern Midas
Football competitions for Pepperidge Farm employees?
Fairy tale girl
Fairy-tale porridge eater
Fairy-tale trespasser
Famous bed tester
Famous bed-tester
Folk-tale heroine
Fairy tale figure who tried porridge at just the right temperature
Fancy foil --> Lose one's hearing
Forty-niners' finds
*Fancy decoration particles
Fort Knox officials and pop singers?
Fort Knox stockpile
First-place medals
Fitness franchise whose motto is "Know your own strength"
Fancy pen decoration
Fort Knox feature
Forty-niner after a lucky strike?
"Frankenstein" inspiration, possibly
Figure in Jewish folklore
Figure of Jewish folklore
Folklore creature that inspired "Frankenstein"
Folkloric product of artificial intelligence
Fox News reporter Wendell
FAIRWAY game
FATHER & Son Challenge sport
Fairway sport
Faldo's game
Field of greens?
Fun for Ford
Fuzzy Zoeller's forte
Flier on the links
Fairway ride
Fairway site
Faldo is one
Folks on course?
Frequent drivers
FedEx Cup standings followers
Four clubs
Follows a course
Famed Italian physician: 1844-1926
Famous Philistine
Foe of Frodo
Foe to Frodo
Frodo foe
"Flip," so to speak
Flip one's wig
Fictional Pyle
First name among TV military men
First name in 1960's sitcoms
Friend of Andy and Barney
Father of Pugsley and Wednesday
Father of Wednesday and Pugsley
Fester's brother, on the big screen
Former head of AFL (1850–1924).
Follower of iso or poly
FRENCH literary award
French literary prize
French prize for literature.
Former capital of Ethiopia.
Freight cars.
Familiar sight in Venice.
"___ fishin'"
Fishing leader?
Flown the coop
Formerly present
Flipped
First words of a Foster song.
Flown into a rage
Followed one's own course
Failed, as a business
Familiar quote from Ernest Dowson.
Film classic of 1939
Film classic set in 1860s Georgia
Film in AFI's top ten
Film in the AFI Top 10 Epics list
Film in the AFI top ten
Film title that's apropos to this puzzle's theme
Fleming film: 1939
Film about the great Chianti caper?
Follow in a game
Follow, in a line or a game
Fight-timer's need
Flat bell
For example, leaving a holiday drink overturned can be what signals the start of dinner (4)
Flat bells
"...___ find out who's naughty or nice"
"__ Fly Now"
"__ Fly Now" ("Rocky" theme)
"___ Fly Now" ("Rocky" song)
"___ Fly Now" (#1 hit of 1977)
"___ Fly Now" (song from "Rocky")
"___ Fly Now" from "Rocky"
Fixin' to
"___ further!" (stop)
__ farther (stop)
___ farther (stay put)
" . . . ___ forth": Matt. 24:26
First Moody Blues hit
First big song success for The Moody Blues
First hit by the Moody Blues (whose title ends with an exclamation point)
First hit for The Moody Blues
"Feel free to!"
Free-wheeling
Friend of Fozzie Bear
First-person reporting style popularized by Hunter S. Thompson
Fake blood, e.g.
Fake blood, maybe
First word?
Flubber, e.g.
Foolish sentimentality
Fade from use
"Fair" beater
Fine Young Cannibals "___ Thing"
For ___ (permanently).
"Family Feud" encouragement
Fully fixed
Farewell utterance
Film based on a Roth novel
Fish duo's routine when something seems fishy?
Farewell address?
Formal hello
Friendly Beatles song?
Fetching praise?
Former Philadelphia Mayor Wilson
Former Philly mayor Wilson ___
Fine person
Friendly, reliable sort
Former Philly mayor Wilson et al.
Film that may rate three stars?
Favorable standing
Forgiving force in a fall?
Flossing, for example
Flossing every day is one
Famous Cape
Fireman's favorite magazine?
Frosty delights
Favorable image
Fairly well-behaved.
Famous daredevil
Feudal samaritan?
Four-leaf clover, traditionally
Famous band leader.
Famous jazz player
(For) more than what's needed
Folk standard with lyric "I'll see you in my dreams"
Finding a four-leaf clover, e.g.
Finding a four-leaf clover, some say
Finding a four-leaf clover, they say
Four-leaf clover, for some
Favorable media coverage
Favorable optics, for short
First set of circled letters
Favorable status: Slang.
Firestone rival
Freight, e.g.
Fine fellows
Fun seeker
Fun-lover
Fun-loving fellow
Fun-loving guy
Fond memories
Frankie Valli: "You're just too ___ be true"
Fine form
Friendly disposition
Film with the Boston-accented line "How do you like them apples?"
Forecast for 1959?
From whom you might get tired
Far from stoic
Foolish one: Slang.
Film about glue factory workers?
Fly into a rant
*Finish a crossword with a spelling error?
Fails: Slang.
Foolish and silly
Former web directory service from a major search engine
Flirty eyes
Flirty eyes, e.g.
Flirtatious looks
Foolishly amorous glances
Foolish fellow - American thug
Face next
Foolish person, slangily
Foolish, informally
FATUOUS person
Failed fudge, maybe
"Father ___" (1964 Cary Grant film)
Fairy tale Mother
Farmyard bird
Feathered honker
Flier in a V formation
Flyer in a V formation
Foie gras source
Formation flier
Formation flyer
Figuratively, a superfluous third person.
Fruit for a fool?
Fowl dessert?
Fear byproduct
"Focus, Gossage!"?
Fear indicator
Fear induces it
Foie gras?
Flexible type of desk lamp
Flexible, like some lamp shafts
Flexible desk accessory
Follows orders blindly
Former star of the Harlem Globetrotters.
Foolish or scatterbrained
Fall fast asleep
*Finish spectacularly
Flip out ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle
Fiorina faction, familiarly
Foes of the Dems.
Forty-seven Senate seats.
Fail but good
Fail, so to speak
Fred Grandy's "Love Boat" character
Furry burrower
Final three holes
Furry burrowers
Flip out from the stress
Forsake amateur sports for money
Famous knot Alexander cut.
Fat: Sp.
Fat: Span.
Flash ___ of comics
Flash in old movies
Flash in the can?
Flash in the panels
Former Labour leader Brown
Founder of Motown
Founder of Motown Records
"Friday the 13th" staple
Former vice president and environmental advocate
Former Vice President Al of the U.S
Feature of a creature feature, perhaps
Feature of a link labeled NSFW, maybe
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