| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Immature, in a way | LA Times Daily | 22 Jun 2025 |
| Like tadpoles or caterpillars (6) | ||
| Like caterpillars | Thomas Joseph | 25 Sep 2024 |
| Of caterpillars | Newsday | 08 Sep 2024 |
| Immature free- living forms of most invertebrates (6) | ||
| In an immature state (6) | ||
| Immature in a way that might soon start bugging people? | ||
| Like tadpoles | LA Times Daily | 26 Sep 2021 |
| Like tadpoles | The Washington Post | 26 Sep 2021 |
| Like caterpillars | Wall Street Journal | 26 Dec 2020 |
| Baby buggy? | New York Times | 21 Sep 2019 |
| Baby buggy? | ||
| In early metamorphosis | Jonesin | 23 Aug 2016 |
| Like a metamorphic stage | ||
| Like a metamorphic stage | ||
| Like a buggy stage? | ||
| Premetamorphic | ||
| Kind of insect stage | ||
| Kind of insect stage | ||
| Kind of insect stage | ||
| Premetamorphic | ||
| Kind of stage | ||
| In early metamorphosis | ||
| Like a buggy stage? | ||
| Of immature insects | ||
| Immature | ||
| Relating to young insects | ||
| Descriptive of tadpoles | ||
| Of grubs and caterpillars | ||
| Immature, in a way | ||
| Of an insect's stage | ||
| Immature, as an insect. | ||
| Like a tadpole. | ||
| Of the stage of an insect. |