The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word AVIATRIX
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result AVIATRIX
- Who's crashed air taxi with five aboard?
- Johnson, perhaps through, cheats in speech on article
- Pilot’s excellent times crossing by way of Turkey
- Flier addressee opens by 3:10
- A Roman road beguiles, they say? I’ll take a higher route!
- Miss flying air taxi that’s set out about five
- A woman ace presiding over stunts, say?
- A Roman road heard fast ones of female pilot
- Pilot flying air taxi over top of Vizag
- A Roman road deceives, we’re told, a flier
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The straight part
We know that "Flier" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case flier = aviatrix.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does AVIATRIX mean?
AVIATRIX noun- A female aviator.