Insect in a colony
The crossword clue "Insect in a colony" is answered by ANT, a 3-letter entry. Used 53 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ANT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANT answer page.
Used 53 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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
Related clues
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- 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
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