Try to fly

The answer to “Try to fly” in the LA Times crossword is FLAP — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on August 5, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 60-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Try to fly” answer

FLAP (4 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is FLAP.

Why the answer is FLAP

Think of the rhythmic wing motion a bird uses to get airborne 🐦

What does FLAP mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of FLAP is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Try to fly” appeared?

LA Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 5, 2026 (most recent) → FLAP. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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