Loud insect Crossword Clue

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Loud insect Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INSECT (noun)
1. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
2. small air-breathing arthropod
LOUD (adverb)
1. with relatively high volume
LOUD (adjective)
1. tastelessly showy
2. (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) loud; with force

More Daily Beast Crossword (2/16/2026) Answers

Across

1. Serving Nadal

5. "Maybe the ___ be with you"

10. List-ending abbr.

11. Sign for Lady Gaga and Pedro Pascal

12. Prefix with nautical

13. Easy-to-play instrument

14. Keegan-___ Key (comedian who claimed on Friday that he "might be able to medal in cross-country skiing or [22-Across]")

16. Gets to second safely, sometimes

22. See 14-Across

24. Slip up

26. The ___ Queen (Tina Turner's role in 1975's "Tommy")

27. "___ Beach" (1980s-90s drama)

28. With "The," 2000s reality show

29. Selena who plays Mabel Mora

30. "___ Pays" (1987 Ice-T album)

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Down

1. 500-sheet purchases from Dunder Mifflin

2. Faceplanted during one's routine, say

3. Comedy subgenre for "Airplane!"

4. Greeting often heard in the first season of "The White Lotus"

5. Pretends to be injured

6. Spoken

7. Ahmed in 2024's "Relay"

8. David Zaslaw's role at Warner Bros.

9. That, in Spanish

15. Sinner rival

18. Gold medalist, e.g.

19. Pittsburgh-based metals giant

20. Fancy item under a glass

21. Good skiing range

22. Lip, as of a mug

23. Skye in 2025's "Anaconda"

24. Heart readout

25. P, in Greece

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