Locust
The crossword clue "Locust" is answered by CICADA, a 6-letter entry. Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CICADA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CICADA answer page.
Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. 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.
- CICAD (2 uses in xd)
- GRASSHOPPER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CICADA
Every other clue in this collection answered by CICADA, most used first.
- Noisy insect - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Loud insect - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Harvest fly - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Insect with a 17-year life cycle - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Noisy bug - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Shrill insect - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Locust tree - ACACIA, used 9 times
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