Stinging insect

Latest answer — July 30, 2026

17 Across

This honey-making flyer can deliver a painful surprise 🐝

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Across

  1. 1Like some signers
  2. 5Indonesian island
  3. 9Scoreboard figs.
  4. 12Fashion house founder Mario
  5. 13Feature of the Starbucks logo
  6. 14Amazed reaction
  7. 15Royals pitcher who tied for most wins in 2017
  8. 17Stinging insect
  9. 18Pig’s digs
  10. 19Gala, say
  11. 20Crude carrier
  12. 22Each
  13. 24Portions out
  14. 25Hall of Fame player/manager nicknamed “the Ol’ Perfessor”
  15. 30Paperless exams
  16. 31Kin of Slurpees
  17. 32Funny fellow
  18. 35Grad’s burden, often
  19. 36Woods in pits
  20. 37Lawn burrower
  21. 38Kind of fly or bunt
  22. 39Alloy
  23. 40Deck with wands
  24. 41Pirates slugger who hit 36 homers in 2013
  25. 43Sound of thunder
  26. 46“Golly!”
  27. 47“Cease!” at sea
  28. 48Grill site, often
  29. 51“Golly!”
  30. 54Bolt go-with
  31. 55Hall of Fame pitcher with the most wins by any southpaw
  32. 58Fútbol cheer
  33. 59Disturbingly unfamiliar
  34. 60Fling
  35. 61Opposition answer
  36. 62Turkey side dish
  37. 63Doesn’t play

Down

  1. 1“Shoot!”
  2. 2Simple
  3. 3Major commotion
  4. 4Many Comic-Con attendees
  5. 5Oriole or cardinal, e.g.
  6. 6Ben Affleck picture
  7. 7Green expanse
  8. 8Puma parts
  9. 92012 World Series MVP Sandoval
  10. 10Canary call
  11. 11They deal in futures
  12. 12Garb for p.m. hours
  13. 13Give in to gravity
  14. 16Skybox invitees
  15. 21Suffering
  16. 23Creature coat
  17. 24A long time
  18. 25New England catches
  19. 26Sector
  20. 27Rome divider
  21. 28Low-cost, in company names
  22. 29“___ hand?”
  23. 32Hardly the carefree sort
  24. 33Lotion additive
  25. 34Stan with a sax
  26. 36Dated, cutely
  27. 37Polite address
  28. 39Washington circle
  29. 40Kimmel and Fallon, e.g.
  30. 41“Frontline” network
  31. 42Butcher’s cut
  32. 43Wouldn’t stop talking
  33. 44Throat dangler
  34. 45Pirates address
  35. 48Stuffy
  36. 49Helmeted Olympian
  37. 50Phil Rizzuto’s retired Yankees number
  38. 52Cries of discovery
  39. 53Tucson-to-Los Angeles dir.
  40. 56In the style of
  41. 57Upsilon follower

The answer to “Stinging insect” in the Wall Street Journal crossword is BEE — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on July 30, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 17-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.

“Stinging insect” answer

BEE (3 letters)

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Why the answer is BEE

This honey-making flyer can deliver a painful surprise 🐝

What does BEE mean?

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

(noun)

  • a stinging winged insect which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities
  • an insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs, including many solitary as well as social kinds
  • a meeting for communal work or amusement

When else has “Stinging insect” appeared?

Wall Street Journal 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 30, 2026 (most recent) → BEE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Stinging insect”?

The answer is BEE, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on July 30, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Stinging insect”?

3 letters: BEE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Wall Street Journal crossword on July 30, 2026 (a Thursday puzzle), at 17-Across.

Can “Stinging insect” have a different answer?

Yes — Wall Street Journal 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 WSJ answers?

The full grid for July 30, 2026 is on the WSJ answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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