The Clue
Sky boxes, perhaps (5 letter answer)
The Answer
KITES
Tags
Notes
The answer KITES is uncommon, appearing about once every 550 puzzles.
Related Clues
Sharpers
Birds of prey
Buzzards' cousins
Hawks' kin
Predatory birds
Sky boxes?
Small raptors
Symbols of highness
Toys with runners
Toys on strings
Toys with tails
High-strung items?
Long-tailed fliers
Proverbially high ones
Swallow-tailed birds
Wind-borne toys
Wind-up toys?
Checks from no-accounts' accounts
Long-tailed beach fliers
Ones that are strung along?
Toys sometimes stuck in trees
They may come with strings attached
Definition
KITE as a noun:
1. a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
2. a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
3. plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
4. any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
KITE as a verb:
1. increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks"
2. get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
3. soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"
4. fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"