Only insects that can turn their heads to look behind them Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Only insects that can turn their heads to look behind them . 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MANTISES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MANTISES Only insects that can turn their heads to look behind them (8)
3% SCENE Head-turning spectacle (5) New York Times Oct 14, 2025
3% PLATEAU Turned up, squeezing in behind a table (7) The Times Cryptic Sep 24, 2025
2% ANT Aesop insect (3) Newsday Oct 23, 2025
2% WASP Stinging insect (4) Newsday Oct 21, 2025
2% GNAT Pesky insect (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 21, 2025
2% PRAYING ___ mantis, insect (7) Puzzler Backwords Oct 16, 2025
2% GNATS Pesky insects (5) Universal Oct 15, 2025
2% BEE Busy insect (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 13, 2025
2% SOLE Only (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 11, 2025
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