Wild animals run off, covered in little insects (9) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Wild animals run off, covered in little insects (9) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on September 29, 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ANTELOPES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ANTELOPES Wild animals run off, covered in little insects (9) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 29, 2025
7% AMOK Run __ (go wild) (4) Newsday Sep 22, 2025
7% LAIR Wild animal's home (4) Newsday Aug 17, 2025
7% BEAST Wild animal (5) USA Today Aug 15, 2025
7% RAMPAGE Run wild (7) The Sun Two Speed Jul 26, 2025
7% ANTELOPE Animal making insect run away (8)
7% TAME Not wild, as an animal (4)
6% UNCONTROLLED Cult Londoner (anag) - running wild (12) (12) The Guardian Quick Sep 29, 2025
6% BROOKLET Bear allowed little running water (8) The Times Cryptic Sep 19, 2025
6% HYENAS Wild animals - any he's found roaming? (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 9, 2025

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