Clues for the word "INSECT"
We've had 113 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 166 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 14, 2025.
Definition of insect
- n. - One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
- n. - Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
- n. - Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
- n. - Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
- a. - Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
- a. - Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
Referring Clues
- Bug
- Net gain?
- Treehopper, e.g.
- Antenna site
- Ladybird, for one
- Entomologist's interest
- Lowlife
- Antenna holder, maybe
- Entomologist's catch
- Raid target
- Fly or flea
- Bat's prey
- It may have an antenna
- One can be found at the end of each * answer
- Six-legged critter
- Bee or beetle
- Entomology specimen
- Invertebrate creature
- Creepy-crawly
- Entomologist's subject
- Air-breathing arthropod
- Mosquito or fly
- Contemptible one
- Snack for a gecko
- Six-footer ?
- Moth or mosquito
- Zapper victim
- Fly or mosquito
- Beetle, for one
- Fly, e.g.
- Bee or flea
- Bee, flea, or fly
- Walking stick, e.g.
- Aardwolf prey
- Cricket, for instance
- Six-footer?
- Bug or fly
- Antenna user
- Crawling creature
- Wasp or beetle
- Entomology subject
- Cricket, for one
- Pitcher plant's snack
- Beetle, e.g.
- Six-legged animal
- Contemptible person
- Bee or ant
- Fly or mosquito, e.g.
- Six-legged crawler
- Hexapod
- Beetle or bee
- Butterfly, e.g.
- Bee or beetle, e.g.
- Primal Scream "___ Royalty"
- Fly, say?
- Nicest (anag) - six-footer
- Ladybird, for example
- As a heretic, worshipping cricket, perhaps?
- Bug home to cover religious order
- Creature practising extremist religion?
- Small, usually winged, creature
- Fashionable school for cricket, say?
- Might one bite you in the nicest possible way?
- Six-footer, perhaps, in a religious group
- Six-legged creature
- Arthropod
- Popular school for cricket, say
- Possibly fly in group
- Being of fashionable school?
- School batting first with cricket, say
- Batting order for cricket?
- Member of the largest class of creatures
- Bee or beetle, for example
- A little crawler joining the currently popular party
- Segmented invertebrate
- Cricket in India: an exotic scent
- Insignificant person turns out nicest
- Possibly fly in with a religious group
- Small air-breathing arthropod
- No backbone, naturally, in this poor wretch
- Fashionable school for cricket, maybe
- Batting order in cricket, perhaps
- Popular school for cricket, perhaps
- Batting order in cricket, say
- Perhaps fly home ahead of party
- Creature having been brainwashed?
- Praying mantis, for example, belonging to religious group
- Venus flytrap's catch
- Fly or gnat
- Bug belonging to religious group?
- Bird's snack, maybe
- Creature modified by some scientists
- Small creature
- Beetle or butterfly
- Carnivorous plant's prey
- Beetle or ant
- Butterfly or wasp, for example
- Could be the nicest creature
- Housefly or mosquito
- Flea or fly, e.g.
- One putting out feelers?
- Bug, for one
- Beetle, for example
- Last word of the first sentence of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"
- Ant, e.g.
- Might one bite you in the nicest possible way?
- Grasshopper, for one
- Creature that's an unwanted house guest
- Honeybee, for one
- Tiny thing in a swarm
- Bee or butterfly
- Dissecting one could be a bit scientific
- Cricket, e.g.
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 05, 2025
- LA Times - August 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 05, 2025
- New York Times - April 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 26, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 13, 2024
- New York Times - June 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 11, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 28, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 03, 2024
- LA Times - January 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 06, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 19, 2023
- Mirror Daily - October 20, 2023
- Mirror Daily - October 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 25, 2023
- Family Time - August 20, 2023
- LA Times - August 10, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 23, 2023
- USA Today - July 05, 2023
- LA Times - May 30, 2023
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