This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (74 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Thursday puzzles often have a trick, such as a rebus (several letters in one square) or answers that bend the rules.
How to read this clue
This is a fill-in-the-blank clue: the answer completes the phrase, title or quotation.
Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
A _ _
Show the answer
About the answer
ANT as a word: Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females; (Internet) A Web spider.
ANT has been an answer 23 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since October 30, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
More clues from this puzzle
- Cease-fire (70 Across)
- Bit of ticket info (71 Across)
- Community traversed by the Pacific Coast Highway (72 Across)
- Shadow (73 Across)
- Lines 9 through 14 of a classic sonnet (75 Across)
- Aerodynamic, maybe (76 Across)
- John Irving's "The World According to ___" (1 Down)
- Número that's half of dieciséis (2 Down)
Play today's NYT Crossword at The New York Times
All crossword clues · Today's NYT Crossword answers · Today's Mini answers