Needing to take off — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “Needing to take off”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 2nd Dec 1999. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Needing to take off” is OBESE (5 letters).
We last saw “Needing to take off” in NYT Crossword on 2nd Dec 1999.
The 5-letter answer for “Needing to take off” is OBESE.
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