Clues for the word "BUG"
We've had 110 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 233 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 10, 2026.
Definition of bug
- n. - A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
- n. - A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
- n. - An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
- n. - One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
- n. - One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
Referring Clues
- Glitch
- Fan
- Locust or beetle
- Programming problem
- Spying device
- PC glitch
- Drive nuts
- ___ zapper (back yard killer)
- Good listener?
- Cockroach, for one
- Flu or fly
- Unseen mic, maybe
- Irritate
- Pester
- Annoy
- Wiretap
- Program interruption?
- Wiretapping device
- Word that can follow the last word in each theme entry
- Sting operation item
- Computer problem
- Programmer's problem
- Software flaw
- Apprentice jockey
- VW classic
- Program problem
- Cricket or grasshopper, e.g.
- Spy device dropped into each of the theme entries
- Needle
- Creepy-crawly
- Flu
- Insect
- Program error
- Computer woe
- Sickness cause
- Snug rug occupant
- Ailment
- Computer invader
- Imperfection
- Volkswagen model's nickname
- Programming error
- Passion, informally
- Computer coding headache
- Secret mike
- Windshield casualty
- One might go around
- Eat at
- Programmer's woe
- Virus, e.g.
- Listening device
- Annoy, so to speak
- Theme, Part 3
- Locust or fly
- Pesky little critter
- Harass
- Wire-tapping device
- Computer program glitch
- Software problem
- Volkswagen Type 1, familiarly
- Spy's favorite plant?
- Software issue
- App glitch
- Bother
- Wiretapper's device
- Hidden mike
- Virus
- Software glitch
- Eavesdropper's plant
- Pesky thing
- Hacker's headache
- Defect
- Obsession
- Computer program problem
- It may get smashed into a windshield
- Word after acting or stink
- '88 Dinosaur Jr. album
- '88 Dinosaur Jr. album about an insect?
- Troublemaker at the millennium
- Disease the entomologist caught?
- Insect - virus
- Device for listening in bed?
- Small insect
- Victim of a patio zapper
- Secret listening device
- Beta tester's find, maybe
- Plumb ugly housing tap
- Micro-organism
- Wiretapper's plant
- Computer glitch
- Snug rug inhabitant
- Cricket or ant
- Pest, maybe, but a good listener?
- Coding flaw
- Cricket or beetle, e.g.
- Spy's plant
- Irk
- Planted microphone
- Insect eyed as a monster?
- Programming glitch
- Cricket or Brazilian treehopper, for example
- Disease the entomologist caught?
- Thing that might crawl on your neck
- Issue for a programmer
- Brazilian treehopper, for one
- Device for listening in bed?
- Firefly, for example
- Cricket or grasshopper
- App issue
- Coding problem
- Coder's concern
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - November 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 12, 2025
- LA Times - January 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 09, 2025
- USA Today - November 01, 2024
- LA Times - October 04, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 24, 2024
- USA Today - June 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 21, 2024
- USA Today - June 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 10, 2024
- LA Times - May 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 22, 2024
- USA Today - April 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 08, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 20, 2023
- Family Time - July 31, 2023
- USA Today - July 09, 2023
- And in 203 more crossword puzzles...