Pesky insect. Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Pesky insect featured in Eugene Sheffer puzzle on October 21, 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is GNAT.

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6 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
GNAT Pesky insect (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 21, 2025
FLY Pesky insect (3)
EARWIG Pesky insect (6) Newsday Apr 23, 2015
MIDGE Pesky insect (5)
WASP Pesky insect (4)
SKEETER Pesky insect. (7)

34 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
45% GNATS Pesky insects (5) Universal Oct 15, 2025
43% FLIES Pesky insects (5) USA Today Oct 6, 2020
43% NITS Pesky insects (4) Universal Jul 26, 2015
38% SKEETERS Pesky insects, informally (8) USA Today Jul 19, 2017
34% FLYPAPER Sticky trap for a pesky insect (8) Family Time Sep 24, 2017
30% FLEESFLEAS Escapes from some pesky insects? (10)
23% ASSISTANTS Those helping to save someone's skin from pesky insects (10)
21% FOXILY Bovine has one pesky insect hovering over in a dodgy way (6)
3% ANT Colony insect (3) Commuter Oct 24, 2025
3% PRAYING ___ mantis, insect (7) Puzzler Backwords Oct 16, 2025

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