Farm creature

The answer

ANT

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SOW (2 uses in xd)
• EWE (1 uses in xd)
• EWELAMB (1 uses in xd)
• HEN (1 uses in xd)
• HOG (1 uses in xd)

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 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
• Bad picnic omen - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• 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

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.

• Tolkien creature - ENT, used 193 times
• Farm female - EWE, used 119 times
• Tolkien tree creature - ENT, used 89 times
• Farm pen - STY, used 79 times
• Farm enclosure - STY, used 56 times
• Farm enclosure - PEN, used 49 times

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