The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PHOEBE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PHOEBE
- Girl in lead circling till race's conclusion
- Perverted hope to live as a goddess
- Flycatcher’s charge, we hear: insect being picked up
- Woman originally producing house keys
- Titaness‘s forlorn hope: to exist
- Pub open, beer regularly supplies American flyer
- Catcher of flies could also make bee hop
- Tyrant flycatcher gets public health award, catching insects essentially
- Girl exercises holding tool and tip of belt
- Hard to stop author to be with one of the friends
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The straight part
We know that "American flyer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case american flyer = phoebe.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 PHOEBE mean?
PHOEBE noun- Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.