Biting insect's first to leave field (3) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Biting insect's first to leave field (3) last seen in Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LEA.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEA Biting insect's first to leave field (3) (3) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Sep 6, 2025
95% MIDGE Biting insect (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 3, 2026
88% GNAT Biting insect (4) (4) Mirror Quick Oct 6, 2026
84% NOSEEUM Tiny biting insect (7) New York Times Aug 25, 2026
81% FLEA Jumping biting insect (4) (4) Puzzler Oct 2, 2026
67% SIDNEYPOITIER Oscar winner for 1963's "Lilies of the Field" (13) Wall Street Journal Oct 3, 2026
67% SOVIET The first "S" of USSR (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 23, 2026
64% DUST (Bite the [?) bunny] (4) USA Today Quick Oct 11, 2026
64% TAME Lacking bite (4)
64% AREAS Fields (5) New York Times Sep 28, 2026

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