Insect that stings Crossword Clue

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HORNET

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
2. social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting

Hint 2: Clue Definition

INSECT (noun)
1. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
2. small air-breathing arthropod

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

HORNET
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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PAWS

More Newsday Crossword (8/18/2025) Answers

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14. Change now and then

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17. 'What time ___?'

18. Select group of people

19. Race-timing app

21. Performed in a play

22. Had a meal

23. More factual

24. Breakfast cooked on an "iron"

28. Accidentally drop, as milk

30. Coral reef island

31. Tip of a kite

32. Many a Middle East native

36. Female toon explorer

37. Overcharge for an item

38. Package-sealing roll

39. Finishes up

40. Possesses

41. Roams around

42. ''Laughing'' African animal

44. Region filled with trees

45. England's William, Prince of __

47. America's Uncle

48. Capital of France

49. "Look it up" reference app

55. Straighten, as auto wheels

56. Similar to

57. Repair, as a sock

58. State known for potatoes

59. Mailed out

60. Give off, as heat

61. Misplaced

62. Quarterback's throw

63. Loch ___ monster

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Down

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2. Helpful clue

3. Bump __ (encounter)

4. Baby bird's chirp

5. Fly a plane

6. Careless speed

7. Guitarist Clapton

8. Ancient legend

9. App for arithmetic help

10. Bring together

11. Pepper-picking __ Piper

12. Kid's vehicle on snow

15. Gem from an oyster

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23. Scrabble piece

24. Walk in water

25. Like __ of bricks (very heavily)

26. Harrison of Star Wars

27. App for illumination

28. Steam room

29. Sty dwellers

31. Small city

33. Rant and __ (talk angrily)

34. Gorillas and chimps

35. Highest-quality

37. Departs

41. Easy win

43. Type of two-choice question

44. Blacks out briefly

45. Where's __? ("find the boy" kid's book)

46. Opera solos

47. Potato coverings

48. Bucket for beach sand

50. Scandinavian furniture chain

51. Eve's first home

52. University of Notre __

53. Colored part of an eye

54. Picnic's tiny guests

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