Insect lucky enough to elude the 15-/12-Down

Latest answer — June 25, 2026

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Across

  1. 1Instrumental group at a halftime performance
  2. 8Huffington who co-founded The Huffington Post
  3. 9Cruised the open waters on a fancy boat
  4. 10Tuna variety
  5. 11Prickly and brusque
  6. 13Departure from the norm
  7. 15By way of
  8. 16Tree with red berrylike fruit
  9. 18The only consonants in "one-on-one"
  10. 19___ Heel State (North Carolina)
  11. 20To the ___ degree
  12. 21Letter before sigma in the Greek alphabet
  13. 22Employ, as a talent
  14. 23Insect lucky enough to elude the 15-/12-Down
  15. 24Roll of grass
  16. 25"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" author

Down

  1. 1"You'll ___ for this!"
  2. 2Long period of history
  3. 3Roguish person, from Spanish
  4. 4Scrooge's "Harrumph!"
  5. 5Political group opposing far-right ideologies
  6. 6Opposite of SSW
  7. 7Youth soccer coach, perhaps
  8. 11Ground together, as teeth
  9. 12See 15-Down
  10. 13"That's just doggone wrong!"
  11. 14"Nice idea ... but that's not happening"
  12. 15With 12-Down, bug-eating plant ... as depicted in this puzzle
  13. 17Scribbled down

The answer to “Insect lucky enough to elude the 15-/12-Down” in the New York Times Midi crossword is ANT — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on June 25, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 23-Across. 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.

“Insect lucky enough to elude the 15-/12-Down” answer

ANT (3 letters)

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Why the answer is ANT

ANT is the 3-letter solution that fits "Insect lucky enough to elude the 15-/12-Down" in the NYT Midi crossword on June 25, 2026 (23-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does ANT mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of ANT 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 “Insect lucky enough to elude the 15-/12-Down” appeared?

New York Times Midi 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.

June 25, 2026 (most recent) → ANT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Insect lucky enough to elude the 15-/12-Down”?

The answer is ANT, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on June 25, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Insect lucky enough to elude the 15-/12-Down”?

3 letters: ANT.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Midi crossword on June 25, 2026 (a Thursday puzzle), at 23-Across.

Can “Insect lucky enough to elude the 15-/12-Down” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times Midi 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 NYT Midi answers?

The full grid for June 25, 2026 is on the NYT Midi answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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