Male insect is creature with large, spiny forelegs Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Male insect is creature with large, spiny forelegs featured in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle on September 30, 2025. 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MANTIS.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MANTIS Male insect is creature with large, spiny forelegs (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 30, 2025
5% SEAURCHIN Spiny marine creature (9) The Times Concise Jun 2, 2025
5% PRAYINGMANTIS Insect with large folded forelegs (13)
4% MONSTER Large, frightening, imaginary creature (7) (7) Puzzler Sep 29, 2025
4% CACTI Spiny plants (5) Commuter Sep 22, 2025
4% ALPHA Type of male drinkers once outside large pub (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 18, 2025
4% STAG - beetle, insect whose male has large branched mandibles (4) (4) Mirror Quiz Sep 15, 2025
4% STEGOSAURUS Spiny dinosaur (11) Commuter Sep 11, 2025
4% ALOE Spiny succulent (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 8, 2025
4% LOCUST Insect (6) The Telegraph Quick Aug 21, 2025

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