Six-legged marcher — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the February 13 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
ANT
3 letters
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Tidbit for an aardvark
ANT
3
Hill building insect
ANT
3
Pest at a picnic
ANT
3
Hill building insect
ANT
3
"Ewww! There's an ___ in the food!" (cry after seeing what's hidden in each of the picnic food items at 26a, 29a, 35a, and 4d)
ANT
3
Picnic intruder
ANT
3
Sugar-loving insect
ANT
3
Sugar-loving pest
ANT
3
Tiny member of a colony
ANT
3
Hill building insect
ANT
3
"___-Man," Marvel's 2015 superhero film featuring Paul Rudd as a burglar-turned-hero whose shrinking technology allows him to operate at a tiny insect scale
ANT
3
Hardworking insect in a colony
ANT
3
Writing tool that requires ink
PEN
3
Crust formed on a healing wound
SCAB
4
Letters on a sunscreen bottle
SPF
3
"Diamonds ___ Forever" (Sean Connery's Bond film)
ARE
3
___ hoop (fun exercise tool)
HULA
4
"Fit ___ tee" (fit precisely): 2 wds.
TOA
3
Doorstep welcomer
MAT
3
"___ for business" (store sign)
OPEN
4
Hotel offering
ROOM
4
___ the Hedgehog (Sega's speedy video game character)
SONIC
5
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