Chemical used as a form of defence by many ants Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Chemical used as a form of defence by many ants last seen in Times Specialist Sunday 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 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FORMIC ACID.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FORMIC ACID Chemical used as a form of defence by many ants (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 19, 2021
3% PRE Ante- (3) LA Times Daily Aug 29, 2025
3% ALIBI Suspect's defence (5) The Sun Two Speed Aug 3, 2025
3% REAGENT Mixture used in chemical analysis (7) Puzzler Backwords Jul 11, 2025
3% METAL Many a chemical element (5) Wall Street Journal Jun 4, 2025
2% IDE Chemical suffix (3) Eugene Sheffer Sep 5, 2025
2% EONS Many, many, many moons (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 4, 2025
2% ACID Chemical burner? (4)
2% DEGRADE Break down chemically (7) Puzzler Backwords Sep 3, 2025
2% LYE Caustic chemical (3) Commuter Sep 1, 2025

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