Small fly
The crossword clue "Small fly" is answered by MIDGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MIDGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MIDGE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MIDGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MIDGE, most used first.
- Gnatlike insect - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Tiny fly - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Gnat - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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