Bad picnic omen

The answer

ANT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANT answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ANT

Every other clue in this collection answered by ANT, most used first.

• Picnic pest - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Hill dweller - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
• Pismire - used 127 times, most recently in 2019
• Industrious insect - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• Crumb carrier - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Insect - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Colony member - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Busy insect - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Pantry pest - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Hill-building insect - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Insect in a colony - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Picnic crasher - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
• Picnic invader - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Social insect - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Hill builder - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny worker - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Aardvark snack - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Wee worker - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Colony insect - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Kitchen pest - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny colonist - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• "Goody Two Shoes" singer Adam - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Social worker? - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Small worker - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny tunneler - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Symbol of industry - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Farm animal? - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Leaf lifter - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Tiny toiler - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Hill worker - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Leaf cutter. - used 25 times, most recently in 1995
• Colonial insect - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Aardvark's morsel - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Carpenter ___ - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Kitchen invader - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Termite's cousin - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Formicary resident - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Lowly worker - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Red army member - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Marching insect - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Member of a colony - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Farm worker? - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Aardvark morsel - used 17 times, most recently in 2010
• Aardvark's snack - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Army member - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Little laborer - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Emmet - used 16 times, most recently in 2001
• "A Bug's Life" bug - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Aardvark's prey - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Aesopian saver - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Crumb-carrying insect - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• One of "Them!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Pantry invader - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Termite's kin - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Aardvark's tidbit - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Colony resident - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Formicary dweller - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Formicid. - used 14 times, most recently in 1997
• Queen of the hill? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny laborer - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• White __; termite - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Fire ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Formicary denizen - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Hill climber - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Hill insect - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Hill resident - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Picnic intruder - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Six-legged worker - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Busy bug - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Colony crawler - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Flik in "A Bug's Life," e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of syn. - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Small colonist - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Busy worker - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Doodlebug's prey - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Kelep - used 11 times, most recently in 1997
• Worker in a colony - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Farm creature - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Farm dweller - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Fire bug? - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Industrious bug - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Pantry raider - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Queen's subject - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "Soldier" insect - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Symbol of industriousness - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Tiny crawler - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny hill dweller - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Colony dweller - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Formic acid source - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Formicary inhabitant - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Raid target - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Six-legged soldier - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Small soldier - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Wee colonist - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Aardvark tidbit - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Bug in "A Bug's Life" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Colony critter - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cookout crasher - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Cookout pest - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Grasshopper's critic - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
• "High Hopes" insect - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Hill-building bug - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Kitchen intruder - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Little worker - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Member of a small colony - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Rocker Adam - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Small crawler - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• 1980s singer Adam - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Aesopian insect - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Army ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Barbecue buttinsky - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Boric acid target - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Carpenter" insect - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Crumb bearer - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Crumb-carrying critter - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Crumb toter - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Echidna morsel - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• __ farm - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• House pest - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Industrious one - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Kitchen-invading insect - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Little colonist - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Little pest - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Little soldier - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Pangolin's morsel - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Six-footer - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Tiny hill builder - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny soldier - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Unwanted picnic guest - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Amazon worker - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Breadcrumb carrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Busy crawler - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Carpenter, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Caste member - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Certain colonist - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Colony worker - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Diligent insect - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Farm crawler - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Hill denizen - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Industrious creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Mound builder - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Opp. of syn. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Picnic visitor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-legged hauler - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Social bug - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Worker on a farm - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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• Turn bad - ROT, used 71 times
• Feel bad - AIL, used 56 times
• Feel bad about - RUE, used 56 times
• Bad review - PAN, used 51 times

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