Clues for the word "MANTIS"
We've had 57 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 84 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on February 25, 2026.
Definition of mantis
- n. - Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina.
Referring Clues
- Praying figure
- Cousin of a cockroach
- Insectivore that seems to be saying grace
- Insect that appears to be in prayer
- Praying insect?
- Small prayer?
- "Praying" insect
- Long-legged insect
- Insect eater
- Termite cousin
- Predatory insect
- Devout insect?
- Insect that eats its mate
- Praying preyer?
- Green insect-eater
- Praying bug
- Praying insect
- Large insect
- 'Praying' bug
- Insect that's 'praying'
- 'Praying' insect
- Bug with prominent forelegs
- Prayer in the garden
- Insect-eating insect
- Insect with grasping forelegs
- Praying figure?
- Winged prayer
- Short prayer?
- Praying one
- Praying ___
- See 12
- Preying animal, the female of which is deadlier than the male!
- Large insect (sometimes praying?)
- Many an ant is apparently devout!
- Actually it preys rather than prays
- It appears to be praying but is more likely preying
- Close cousin of the cockroach
- Does it fly on a wing and a prayer?
- Tiny carnivore found in human tissue
- Motorway worker is praying type?
- Against inclusion in text of prayer?
- Insect of the cockroach family(6)
- 25 being its mutant
- A thousand people opposed to prayer?
- Married people opposed to prayer?
- Apparently a prayer to make a man sit up!
- Six-legged prayer?
- Apparently it prays and preys
- Devout looking creature making a chap sit up
- Insect that can turn its head
- Insect
- Predatory insect which awaits prey in a prayer-like pose
- Bug-eyed prayer
- With 38-Across, underwater creature that's not actually a 38-Across (nor a 36-Across, for that matter)
- Insect with a triangular head
- Seth Rogen's "Kung Fu Panda" voice role
- Insect with a single ear found on its chest
Last Seen In
- LA Times - February 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - November 27, 2025
- LA Times - June 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 03, 2025
- New York Times - December 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 20, 2024
- LA Times - May 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 23, 2023
- USA Today - December 01, 2022
- USA Today - July 26, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - July 15, 2022
- New York Times - February 09, 2022
- Netword - January 03, 2018
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 30, 2017
- Mirror Quick - November 22, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2017
- Universal - July 08, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - September 09, 2016
- Guardian Prize - December 12, 2015
- Universal - May 26, 2015
- LA Times - May 23, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 16, 2015
- Chronicle of Higher Education - November 07, 2014
- Chronicle of Higher Education - October 31, 2014
- New York Times - July 05, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 05, 2014
- And in 54 more crossword puzzles...