Picnic pests

Latest answer — July 13, 2026

9 Down

These tiny critters are always on the lookout for crumbs at outdoor feasts! 🐜

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This clue's Monday, July 13, 2026 appearance

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Across

  1. 1Not together
  2. 6Nile cobra
  3. 9Adjust to one's surroundings
  4. 14Printer cartridge
  5. 15"The Producers" filmmaker Brooks
  6. 16"The Hunchback of __ Dame"
  7. 17Perennial with yellow flowers
  8. 18Ramble at length
  9. 20Most chilly
  10. 22Struggling at bat, say
  11. 23Chat at length
  12. 25Fluffy lapdog, familiarly
  13. 26Catch some rays
  14. 27Actress Mendes
  15. 30Woeful word
  16. 34Make fun of
  17. 37Figure __: skater's pattern
  18. 41Blather at length
  19. 44Brooded
  20. 45French cleric
  21. 46Risk-taker's hashtag
  22. 47Try to win over
  23. 49"Now I've seen it __!"
  24. 51Theater chain letters
  25. 54Jabber at length
  26. 61__ Springs, New York
  27. 64IV drip solution
  28. 65Hidden bar of the Prohibition era, or an apt title for this puzzle?
  29. 67Signals of hunger
  30. 68Notification
  31. 69Round Table title
  32. 70Comedy show host
  33. 71Pound sounds
  34. 72Letters from a polite texter
  35. 73Active types

Down

  1. 1Storage space that often has a slanted ceiling
  2. 2Eggs Benedict recipe instruction
  3. 3"__ Get Your Gun"
  4. 4Fix again, as a torn seam
  5. 5Clandestine meetings
  6. 6Musician's sound booster
  7. 7Letter embellishment
  8. 8First-choice tactic
  9. 9Picnic pests
  10. 10American Girl product
  11. 11Gobbled down
  12. 12"Coming soon" ad
  13. 13Evening news hr.
  14. 19London art gallery
  15. 21"Green" digit for a gardener
  16. 24Sherlock's sister, per three Netflix films
  17. 28Nov. honoree
  18. 29Spacious, in a way
  19. 3020s source
  20. 31Language spoken in Vientiane
  21. 32European peak
  22. 33Distort, as data
  23. 35Chicago MLBer
  24. 36Shish __
  25. 38Prefix with thermal
  26. 39Sci-fi computer villain
  27. 40Boxing ref's ruling, for short
  28. 42Brouhaha
  29. 43Flies off the shelves
  30. 48Orchestra woodwind
  31. 50Bounded
  32. 51Analyze for purity
  33. 52Baseball bat wood
  34. 53Fishing basket
  35. 55Audibly stunned
  36. 56Pizza Margherita herb
  37. 57Avis rival
  38. 58React to a cringey faux pas
  39. 59Emotion voiced by Lewis Black in the "Inside Out" films
  40. 60Positive responses
  41. 62Senior advocacy group
  42. 63Times Sq. sales booth
  43. 66Calendar divs.

The answer to “Picnic pests” in the LA Times crossword is ANTS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on July 13, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 9-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Picnic pests” answer

ANTS (4 letters)

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Why the answer is ANTS

These tiny critters are always on the lookout for crumbs at outdoor feasts! 🐜

What does ANTS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of ANTS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a small insect typically having a sting and living in a complex social colony with one or more breeding queens. It is wingless except for fertile adults, which form large mating swarms, and is proverbial for its industriousness

When else has “Picnic pests” appeared?

LA Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 13, 2026 (most recent) → ANTS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Picnic pests”?

The answer is ANTS, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on July 13, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Picnic pests”?

4 letters: ANTS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the LA Times crossword on July 13, 2026 (a Monday puzzle), at 9-Down.

Can “Picnic pests” have a different answer?

Yes — LA Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's LA Times answers?

The full grid for July 13, 2026 is on the LA Times answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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