Colony insect
The crossword clue "Colony insect" is answered by ANT, a 3-letter entry. Used 40 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ANT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANT answer page.
Used 40 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 13 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
- 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
- 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
- Leaf lifter - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Tiny toiler - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- Exist - ARE, used 858 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- ___ Lingus - AER, used 730 times
- Fuss - ADO, used 644 times
- Fitting - APT, used 551 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.