| 100% | LOUSE | 5 | Insect, or a scoundrel |
| 68% | CRICKET | 7 | Chirpy insect or a bat and ball game |
| 66% | CRICKET | 7 | Word that can mean either an insect or a sport |
| 63% | LOUSE | 5 | Parasitic insect, or a nasty person |
| 62% | HEXAD | 5 | Legs on an insect or strings on a guitar |
| 62% | ANT | 3 | Insect in a "colony" or a "farm" |
| 61% | BEE | 3 | Insect that could be a bumble or honey |
| 61% | BEE | 3 | Insect that's a queen, worker, or drone |
| 61% | ANT | 3 | Insect that might be a "worker" or "soldier" |
| 61% | PUPA | 4 | Insect in a cocoon or chrysalis, e.g. |
| 59% | PEST | 4 | Unwanted and destructive insect or animal like a rat, or a cockroach |
| 58% | NIDUS | 5 | A nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs |
| 58% | LOCUST | 6 | Tree or insect that came in a plague |
| 58% | GRASS | 5 | Meadow growth ... or with 26a, a jumping insect |
| 57% | BEE | 3 | Flying insect that may be a queen or worker |
| 57% | LADY | 4 | Word with "bird" or "bug" for a colorful insect |
| 57% | FLY | 3 | What birds do ... or with 54a, a glowing insect |
| 57% | BUG | 3 | Computer program glitch ... or with 17a, a spotted insect |
| 56% | NIT | 3 | A little point to pick, or an insect egg (rhymes with "hit") |
| 56% | LADY | 4 | Title for a noblewoman ... or with 19a, a spotted insect |
| 56% | LION | 4 | King of the jungle ... or with 25d, a digging insect |
| 56% | HOPPER | 6 | Large bin for grain ... or with 23a, a jumping insect |
| 55% | ARMYANT | 7 | Insect in a raid ... or a description of 11 Across or 17 Across? |
| 55% | FIRE | 4 | What a dragon breathes out ... or with 55a, a glowing insect |
| 54% | ANT | 3 | Common ending to "pant" and "giant" ... or with 42d, a digging insect |
| 52% | THRIPS | 6 | Winged insect considered a pest such as the Avocado — or Pea — |
| 52% | ROUE | 4 | A word for a hedonistic man or a scoundrel |
| 51% | ANIMAL | 6 | Insect or bird |
| 51% | CREATURE | 8 | Insect or beast |
| 51% | CRICKET | 7 | Insect or sport |