Pesky insect
The crossword clue "Pesky insect" is answered by FLY, a 3-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FLY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLY answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 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.
- SKEETER (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for FLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLY, most used first.
- Aviate - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Take wing - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Go by plane - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Soar - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Take a plane - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Tackle box item - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Take to the skies - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Jeans feature - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Swatter target - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Travel by plane - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Spider's prey - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Industrious insect - ANT, used 113 times
- Insect - ANT, used 86 times
- Busy insect - ANT, used 80 times
- Hill-building insect - ANT, used 55 times
- Insect in a colony - ANT, used 53 times
- Social insect - ANT, used 45 times
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