Soft thick worm-like larva of various insects, especially beetles (4) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GRUB Soft thick worm-like larva of various insects, especially beetles (4) (4)
7% WOODWORM Larva of insects such as the furniture beetle (8) The Times Specialist Sep 15, 2025
6% BUG Small insect, like a beetle (3)
6% MEALWORM The larva of any of various darkling beetles, especially Tenebrio molitor (8) (8)
5% TIGERMOTHS Insects whose larvae are "woolly bears" (10) The Times Specialist Sunday Oct 5, 2025
4% CAR Beetle or Prius, e.g. (3)
4% TAME Not especially exciting (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 11, 2025
4% PUPA Post-larva stage (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 6, 2025
4% GAS Beetle juice? (3)
4% MOTHY Full of cloth-eating larvae (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 5, 2025
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