Insects
The crossword clue "Insects" is answered by ANTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 38 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ANTS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTS answer page.
Used 38 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 3 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.
- FLEAS (3 uses in xd)
- MOTHS (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ANTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANTS, most used first.
- Picnic pests - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Picnic invaders - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Hill dwellers - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Pantry pests - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Pismires - used 51 times, most recently in 2024
- Crumb carriers - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Colony members - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Hill builders - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Aardvark's meal - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Kitchen pests - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Industrious insects - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Social insects - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Picnic spoilers - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Colony insects - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Picnic crashers - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Formicary residents - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Hill-building insects - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Leaf cutters. - used 22 times, most recently in 2004
- Tiny colonists - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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