Pantry invaders

The answer

ANTS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTS answer page.

Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Insects - used 38 times, most recently in 1997
• 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
• Household pests - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Formicary denizens - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Aardvark's diet - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Wee workers - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Aardvark fare - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Formicary dwellers - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Picnic intruders - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Aardvark snacks - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• __ in your pants - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Marching insects - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Emmets - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
• Symbols of industry - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Sugar bowl invaders - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Aardvark's lunch - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Army members - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Colony dwellers - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Hill workers - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Small workers - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny tunnelers - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Aardvark meal - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Aardvark's fare - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Farm workers? - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Insects in colonies - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Marching" (Dave Matthews Band song) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Picnic interlopers - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sugar bowl marchers - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Tiny workers - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• White __; termites - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Barbecue buttinskies - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Bugs on a hill - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Colony builders - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Hill-building bugs - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Kitchen invaders - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Social workers? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Uninvited picnic guests - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "A Bug's Life" bugs - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Army" insects - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Carpenters and harvesters - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Colonizing insects - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Farm animals? - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Farm insects - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fire" bugs - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Insects in a colony - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Myrmecologist's study - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Queen's subjects - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Busy insects - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Carpenter" insects - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Colony workers - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Creeping colonists - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Home invaders - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Pangolin's diet - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Pangolin's meal - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pests in a pantry - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Picnic hamperers - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Termites. - used 7 times, most recently in 1975
• Tunneling insects - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Aardvark's dinner - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Colonial group - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Colonial insects - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cookout crashers - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Crawling colonists - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Farm dwellers - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Food for an aardvark - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Hill residents - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Hobby farm denizens - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Red army members? - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Small soldiers - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Some carpenters - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Tiny pantry pests - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Unwelcome picnic guests - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Workers in a colony - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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