The Clue
Take to the air at O'Hare (6 letter answer)
The Answer
DEPART
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Notes
The answer DEPART is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 750 puzzles.
Related Clues
Leave
Retire
Skip
Split
Withdraw
Go away
Set out
Take off
Split, so to speak
Definition
DEPART as a verb:
1. (go, go away, depart) = move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
2. (deviate, vary, diverge, depart) = be at variance with; be out of line with
3. (depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off) = leave; "The family took off for Florida"
4. (depart, take leave, quit) = go away or leave
5. (leave, depart, pull up stakes) = remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
6. (sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle) = wander from a direct or straight course