| 100% | COCKROACH | 9 | Beetle-like insect |
| 95% | BUG | 3 | Small insect, like a beetle |
| 70% | ICKY | 4 | Like squashed insects |
| 69% | INFEST | 6 | Overrun, like insects and rats do |
| 68% | MOTH | 4 | Insect that likes lamps |
| 67% | ANT | 3 | Insect that sounds like family |
| 67% | BEE | 3 | Insect sounds like a character |
| 66% | JUNEBUG | 7 | Insect similar to a figeater beetle |
| 65% | BEE | 3 | Insect that sounds like a letter |
| 65% | GNAT | 4 | Insect that sounds like 13-Across |
| 65% | SCARAB | 6 | Gem like a beetle |
| 64% | AWOL | 4 | Like a naughty Beetle Bailey, in brief |
| 63% | EARWIG | 6 | Insect with appendages that look like pincers |
| 63% | MANTIS | 6 | Insect that looks like it's "praying" |
| 63% | SCURRY | 6 | Move quickly, like a beetle |
| 63% | CREPT | 5 | Moved slowly, like an insect |
| 63% | BUG | 3 | Small insect, like an ant |
| 63% | CRICKET | 7 | Noisy chirping insect, like Jiminy |
| 63% | PESKY | 5 | Irksome, like a persistent insect |
| 62% | PUPAL | 5 | Like one stage in an insect's life |
| 61% | BLOWFLIES | 9 | Insects like bluebottles that lay larvae on meat |
| 61% | BUSYBEE | 7 | Occupied like a honey-collecting insect |
| 61% | BLOWFLY | 7 | Winged insect that likes decaying meat |
| 60% | SCARAB | 6 | __ beetle, insect held sacred by Egyptians |
| 60% | INSECT | 6 | Small arthropod, like an ant or beetle |
| 60% | BUTTERFLYSHRIMP | 15 | Frozen shellfish shaped like an airborne insect |
| 60% | BETEL | 5 | Areca nut that sounds like an insect |
| 59% | MOTH | 4 | Butterfly-like insect |
| 59% | MIDGE | 5 | Mosquito-like insect |
| 58% | CRICKETS | 8 | Grasshopper-like insects |