| Nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large brightly-coloured wings (9) |
Mirror Quiz |
14 Aug 2025 |
| When a caterpillar grows up, you may see him flutter by (9) |
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| An insect that flutters by (9) |
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| ___ Effect, effect named after a colorful insect, that refers to a trivial change having enormous consequences |
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| Flutter by if you like, madam (9) |
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| Frivolous person that's fat carried by stagecoach |
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| Out to lunch, drunk met by tearful lieutenant's woman (6,9) |
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| Brightly-coloured insect (9) |
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| What an insectivore cutting down on cholesterol avoids? (9) |
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| Insect akin to a moth, Mallorca boasts a good range with varieties such as the Swallowtails, Clouded Yellows and Painted Ladies enjoying the long grass and wild flowers that abound in the island's cou |
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| A colourful insect with wings (9) |
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| Stroke of a comma, say (9) |
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| _ doors, a feature of the Mclaren F1 (9) |
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| Colourful insect (9) |
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| Beautiful insect with wings |
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| Fat and cunning insect (9) |
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| A fat insect? |
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| Large coloured-winged insect(9) |
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| Red admiral or comma, eg |
The Times Concise |
26 Jun 2024 |
| ___ Effect, effect named after a colorful insect, that refers to a trivial change having enormous consequences |
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| Swimming stroke * |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Insect from a chrysalis (9) |
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| Insect such as a red admiral (9) |
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| A caterpillar turns into one of these (9) |
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| Frivolous person getting stroke in pool (9) |
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| Diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera (9) |
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| A goat, you little pest? It's an insect! |
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| Colourful fluttering insect (9) |
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| Comma or gatekeeper, perhaps |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Red Admiral for example |
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| Stroke goat, maybe, then run away |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Common name for buddleia, - - - bush (9) |
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| Stroke goat, maybe, then run away (9) |
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| What an insectivore with high cholesterol should avoid? (9) |
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| Skipper or admiral? |
The Guardian Speedy |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Queen to take off in pursuit of rear admiral? |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Nov 2022 |
| Madame in a Puccini opera |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Comma, say |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Nov 2021 |
| What a caterpillar becomes |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Word that can precede the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
Premier Sunday |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Born absolutely to embrace female creature |
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| Female taking in by bishop completely – a pretty little creature? |
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| *Monarch or viceroy |
The Washington Post |
26 May 2020 |
| *Monarch or viceroy |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2020 |
| Insect and swimming stroke |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Mar 2020 |
| Bowled, completely smothering fine stroke |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Image formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to N and then back to A |
New York Times |
18 Apr 2019 |
| Stroke Ram about to take off |
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| Stroke goat, say, and run away |
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| Image formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to N and then back to A |
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| Stroke goat, then run! |
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| It could flutter by after morphing |
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| Insect |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Sep 2018 |
| Anxiety for corporation facing a lot of this |
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| Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across for their clues to make sense [with a visual hint in the grid] |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2017 |
| Stroke goat then run away |
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| Flattery given to sly dilettante? |
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| Toughest stroke |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jan 2017 |
| Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across for their clues to make sense [with a visual hint in the grid] |
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| Ram's cunning, but isn't serious |
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| Stroke goat, perhaps, then run |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Oct 2016 |
| Insect, say, with frail wings, by houses |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Aug 2016 |
| Cut of meat? |
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| Book entirely about loud insect |
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| Book entirely about loud insect |
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| Beautiful insect and swimming stroke |
Irish Times Simplex |
11 Aug 2015 |
| Batsman's opening, wholly in control of fine stroke |
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| Insect that exhibits 44-/46-Across |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2015 |
| Insect that exhibits 44-/46-Across |
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| It's what it does to another Rev |
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| 12, 15's royal stock led to career |
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| Swimming stroke |
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| Swimming stroke |
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| Pool stroke |
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| Madame of opera |
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| Madame of The Met |
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| Monarch, for one |
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| Swimming stroke |
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| Spitz stroke |
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| McQueen of "Gone With the Wind" |
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| Monarch, e.g. |
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| Opera role. |
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| Cio-Cio-San. |
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| Operatic role. |
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