Insect that tunnels through wood to nest Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CARPENTERANT Insect that tunnels through wood to nest (12) Wall Street Journal Sep 16, 2024
3% TERMITE Wood-eating insect (7) (7) Puzzler Oct 18, 2025
3% FLASHY Loud wood-eating insect (6) The Times Sunday Cryptic Sep 14, 2025
3% WASP Insect that builds a paper nest (4) USA Today Aug 8, 2025
3% ANTFARM Insect nest with tunnels (7) LA Times Daily Oct 31, 2016
2% GNAT Pesky insect (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 21, 2025
2% PRAYING ___ mantis, insect (7) Puzzler Backwords Oct 16, 2025
2% RASP Wood smoother (4) Newsday Oct 16, 2025
2% DELL Wooded valley (4) New York Times Oct 16, 2025
2% GNATS Pesky insects (5) Universal Oct 15, 2025

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