Fire ___ (red stinging insect) Crossword Clue

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Fire ___ (red stinging insect) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STINGING (adjective)
1. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
STINGING (noun)
1. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
FIRE (verb)
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
2. provide with fuel
FIRE (noun)
1. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
2. feelings of great warmth and intensity

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Across

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10. Luggage

14. Google alternative

15. Complain loudly

16. Out Of Control

17. Narrow access spot under a house

19. Sneaky ploy

20. Break the fourth ___

21. Place for chickens

23. Fan setting

24. Org. that regulates traveling?

26. A pop

28. Belly buttons

30. Spoil a movie ending for a friend, e.g.

31. Device for saving TV shows

32. Fish whose name comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word for "pretty"

33. Uterus

35. Makes things right

37. Tread carefully

42. Brings together

43. Target audience for "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood"

45. Yellow songbird

47. Electric guitar hookup

51. Handbag type

52. Pinocchio, when his nose is growing

53. Horse food

54. Lithium-___ battery

55. Nut that contains caffeine

57. Sounds on dairy farms

59. “Call of ___” (video game series)

61. Spread quickly in a wild way

65. "The Sopranos" star Falco

66. March Madness org.

67. Liquefy in a blender

68. Some deli loaves

69. Word before "ad" on some YouTube videos

70. Made a scolding sound

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Down

1. Manhattan's home, for short

2. Rowing tool

3. Meat often cooked on a rotating spit

4. Des Moines state

5. Like some r's in Spanish

6. Person who works from home?

7. Eggs Benedict recipe word

8. Food in a shell

9. Two-person basketball game

10. Place to play beer pong

11. Protective talisman

12. Leave the band, perhaps

13. Distorts, like data

18. Bulgarian, e.g.

22. Part of a comic strip

24. Fresh

25. Facial feature that can be tweezed

27. Sly

29. Pop by

32. Small ornamental tree

34. Brutally honest

36. Cravat

38. "You've got a ___ for that!"

39. Loud noisemakers on fire trucks

40. Genesis boat

41. Italian volcano

44. Pigpen

45. Overcast

46. ___ Anne's (pretzel chain)

48. First word for some babies

49. Essay directive

51. Spiced apple drink

52. Hawaiian veranda

56. Good fortune

58. Major work

60. "Agreed!"

62. Best Melodic ___ Performance (Grammy category)

63. Once called

64. 'Thank you for coming to my ___ Talk'

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