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ANTS

245 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-08-10Raisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log"
2026-08-01Marching band?
2026-07-27"A Bug's Life" bugs
2026-06-30Workers in a colony
2026-06-27___ climbing a tree (Sichuan noodle dish)
2026-06-12"Empire of the ___" (1977 sci-fi film with an approval rating of 5% on Rotten Tomatoes)
2026-06-08Tiny hill builders
2026-03-24Pantry problem
2026-02-22___ on a log (celery-stick snack studded with raisins)
2025-12-17Marchers in sidewalk cracks
2025-10-03Pest control targets
2025-09-07Reason to relocate a picnic blanket, maybe
2025-07-11Colonial group
2025-04-06Tiny exemplars of collaboration
2025-04-042021 book subtitled "Workers of the World"
2025-03-02Formicary residents
2025-02-08Hill workers
2024-12-12Pantry problem
2024-11-22Creatures that sleep by taking hundreds of minute-long naps throughout the day
2024-11-11Aardvark's fare
2024-10-22Animals that use pheromones to communicate
2024-07-23Grasshoppers' foes in "A Bug's Life"
2024-05-10Certain infestation
2024-03-24"The Empire of the ___" (H.G. Wells short story)
2024-03-12Flik and Dot, in "A Bug's Life"
2024-02-25They might come out of the woodwork
2024-01-21Proverbial hard workers
2024-01-12Marching band?
2024-01-06Carpenters, maybe?
2023-12-21Kitchen cabinet climbers
2023-12-15At any one time, roughly 10,000 trillion of them roam the earth
2023-08-02Life study of the biologist E. O. Wilson
2023-06-28With 42-Across, source of restless anticipation
2023-05-15Picnic nuisances
2023-04-16Giant things in the 1954 sci-fi film "Them!"
2023-02-07Members of a certain colony
2023-02-05Six-foot runners?
2022-09-23___ climbing a tree (Sichuan noodle dish)
2022-09-22Creatures on an Escher Möbius strip
2022-09-20Uninvited picnic guests
2022-09-12Snacks for aardvarks
2022-07-03Biologist E. O. Wilson's focus
2022-02-13Ones in hills or farms
2022-01-30Tiny foragers
2022-01-07Little drones
2021-09-24Snacks for some beetles
2021-08-28Myrmecophobe's fear
2021-07-27Social workers?
2021-06-25Workers you wouldn't want to see in the office?
2021-02-22Fare for aardvarks
2020-12-16Parts of black widow spiders' diets
2020-12-10Colonial workers, maybe
2020-11-27Little creatures recurring in Dalí paintings
2020-10-20Wee workers
2020-10-19Pantry-raiding bugs
2020-09-08Unwelcome picnic guests
2020-05-17Targets of formicide
2020-05-06Workers in formicaries
2020-04-14Targets for exterminators
2020-03-23Pantry pests
2020-02-09___ on a log (healthy snack)
2019-09-02Sugar bowl invaders
2019-08-13Cookout crashers
2019-05-09Ironically, they live on every continent except Antarctica
2019-04-07Tidbits for aardvarks
2019-03-16Army in the field?
2018-10-22Tiny hill builders
2018-07-28Workers on the hill
2018-06-28--
2018-06-27Leavers of pheromone trails
2018-03-10Line at a food stand?
2018-01-04Hill workers
2017-10-06Colony dwellers
2017-07-15Tree line?
2017-07-12They might emerge on hilltops
2017-05-15Crumb carriers
2017-05-08Industrious little marchers
2017-02-26Moving line on a tree trunk
2017-01-29Carpenters with small jobs?
2017-01-09Picnic pests
2017-01-01Marching band?
2016-06-26Marching band?
2016-01-25Insects in colonies
2015-12-27Industrious workers
2015-11-24Colony dwellers
2015-09-04Social group
2015-06-30Some "giants" in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
2015-06-11Myrmecophobe's fear
2015-04-17Threat in "The Naked Jungle," 1954
2015-03-12Stinging insects
2015-01-30Myrmecologists' study
2015-01-24Trail near a hill?
2014-06-14H. G. Wells's "Empire of the ___"
2014-04-29Sources of formic acid
2013-11-25Tiny colony dwellers
2013-11-06Small soldiers
2013-09-03Antenna users
2013-08-04Echidna food
2013-07-08Bugs in "A Bug's Life"
2013-02-18Kitchen pests
2012-12-31"Marching" insects
2012-09-18Small marching band?
2012-08-05Formic acid sources
2012-06-11Tiny hill dwellers
2012-03-06Ones putting out feelers
2011-12-15Pantry problem
2011-09-17Some marching bands
2011-08-26Colonial group
2011-08-14Some are queens
2011-07-18Bugs in "A Bug's Life"
2011-06-27Tidbits for aardvarks
2011-06-15Hobby farm denizens
2011-04-22Social workers
2011-04-15Queen and her servants, maybe
2011-03-10Drones, maybe
2011-01-24Aardvark's diet
2010-10-19Picnic intruders
2010-06-20Some soldiers
2010-05-30Certain soldiers
2010-04-11Unpaid workers?
2010-02-28Line at a picnic?
2009-10-25Harvesters, e.g.
2009-10-09Unwelcome visitors to one's home
2009-08-19See 39-Down
2009-05-24Tiny scurriers
2009-05-21Creatures with tunnel vision?
2009-02-23Aardvarks' fare
2009-01-22Things with antennas
2008-10-23"Marchers" through the answers to the five starred clues
2008-09-11Hill dwellers
2008-07-02Symbols of industry
2008-05-21Social workers?
2008-05-13"Farm" dwellers
2008-05-04Red army?
2008-02-18Six-legged scurriers
2008-01-14White ___ (termites)
2007-12-10Tiny tunnelers
2007-08-27Tiny critters found twice each in 17-, 38- and 60-Across
2007-07-02Six-legged intruders
2007-06-11Aardvark's fare
2007-06-10Social workers
2007-05-10Antenna holders
2007-01-01Tiny hill dwellers
2006-12-06"Them!" bugs
2006-10-25Marchers in single file
2006-10-05Ruiners of some picnics
2006-09-14Ones heading for the hills?
2006-08-22Pantry raiders
2006-08-10Some queens
2006-06-04Army members?
2006-05-03Little scurriers
2006-03-29Colonial workers
2006-02-04Unwelcome dining discovery
2005-10-06Ones making pantry raids?
2005-07-17Army members
2005-07-11Kitchen pests
2005-04-10Sugar lovers
2005-04-04Relatives of termites
2005-03-31Some colonists
2005-02-02Hill inhabitants
2004-12-12Silent army
2004-08-29Aardvark fare
2004-08-05Kitchen pests
2004-06-08Little scurriers
2004-02-01Honeydew lovers
2003-12-10Them, in "Them!"
2003-11-26Hill group
2003-10-30Symbols of industry
2003-10-29Sugar bowl marchers
2003-10-20Soldiers and carpenters, e.g.
2003-10-12"The Naked Jungle" menace
2003-03-10Aardvarks' morsels
2003-02-06Aardvark's prey
2003-01-12Some soldiers
2002-12-06Some marching groups
2002-11-24Tiny soldiers
2002-11-20Carpenters and harvesters
2002-11-17Myrmecologist's study
2002-08-28Aardvark's fare
2002-07-05Sugar bowl marchers
2002-03-19Small colonists
2002-03-11Aardvark's fare
2001-11-20Black or red insects
2001-11-01Hill dwellers
2001-10-18Red army?
2001-08-22Small soldiers
2001-07-08Six-footers
2001-05-24Some queens
2001-04-08Little marchers
2000-09-03Busy bodies
2000-08-01Aardvark's meal
2000-04-20Farm workers?
2000-03-28Tiny colonists
2000-03-16Pesticide targets
2000-02-02Wee workers
1999-09-17Carpenters and harvesters
1999-08-30Picnic spoilers
1999-08-12Some workers
1999-06-10Tunnel builders
1999-05-26Workers in a column
1999-01-31Pants problems
1998-12-02Aardvark fare
1998-11-26Some caste members
1998-11-24Picnic raiders
1998-09-11Sugar bowl team?
1998-07-16Nest inhabitants
1998-07-06Picnic invaders
1998-06-26Amazon ___
1998-04-13Aardvark's diet
1998-03-22Queen's servants
1997-07-23Carpenters, e.g.
1997-07-17Porch raiders
1997-06-03Termites' kin
1997-04-15Hill dwellers
1997-03-10Orkin targets
1997-01-03Bugs in lines
1996-12-16Tiny tunnelers
1996-12-03Pantry pests
1996-10-18Red army members?
1996-07-22Termites' kin
1996-03-18Picnic pests
1996-03-04Formicary residents
1996-02-29Some queens
1996-02-08Army members
1995-12-29Farm dwellers
1995-12-14Picnic ruiners
1995-09-17Six-footers
1995-09-13Hill dwellers
1995-09-11Exterminator's targets
1995-08-27Army members?
1995-07-25Aardvark's meal
1995-07-05Soldiers of a sort
1995-06-13Queen and workers
1995-02-27Aardvark snacks
1995-01-17Scurriers
1994-09-14Busy bodies
1994-08-15Chocolate-covered morsels
1994-05-09Busy ones
1994-03-13Pismires
1994-02-24Some carpenters
1994-02-20Colony members
1994-01-04Them in "Them!"
1994-01-02They take to the hills
1993-12-28Colonists
1993-11-29Picnic pests