Insect that drills into wood (5) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BORER Insect that drills into wood (5) (5)
9% INCULCATE Drill in? (9) The Atlantic Oct 26, 2025
9% BORE Drill (4) USA Today Quick Oct 19, 2025
9% TERMITE Wood-eating insect (7) (7) Puzzler Oct 18, 2025
9% FLASHY Loud wood-eating insect (6) The Times Sunday Cryptic Sep 14, 2025
8% FLASHCARDS Drill bits? (10) Newsday Nov 22, 2025
8% BITS Drill attachments (4) Universal Nov 15, 2025
8% ANT Insect (3) The Telegraph Quick Nov 13, 2025
8% MOLAR Drilling site (5) New York Times Nov 1, 2025
8% PRACTICE Drill, e.g. (8) Wall Street Journal Oct 8, 2025
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