NYT Crossword · 5 Down
“Bug-building game” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Wednesday, February 18, 2009 as 5 Down. The answer has 6 letters. Reveal it below one square at a time, or open the hints first if you only want a push in the right direction.
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NYT Crossword · Wednesday, February 18, 2009 · 5 Down
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More clues from this puzzle
The other clues from the NYT Crossword of Wednesday, February 18, 2009.
Across
- 1Hits with bug spray crossword clue4 letters
- 5Jaguar, e.g. crossword clue3 letters
- 8With 61-Across, a possible title for this puzzle crossword clue5 letters
- 13It may be bright crossword clue4 letters
- 14Ex-politico with a Nobel and an Emmy crossword clue4 letters
- 15The Beatles produced it crossword clue5 letters
- 16New entrepreneur's need crossword clue4 letters
- 17Cadets' org. crossword clue4 letters
- 18English county on the North Sea crossword clue5 letters
- 19Home of the Sundance Film Festival crossword clue12 letters
- 22Dipstick coating crossword clue3 letters
- 23King, in Portugal crossword clue3 letters
- 24Debussy subject crossword clue3 letters
- 25Foofaraw crossword clue3 letters
- 28Corporate action that increases the par value of its stock crossword clue12 letters
- 31"And I ___ ..." crossword clue5 letters
- 33Wordsmith's ref. crossword clue3 letters
- 34Sari-clad royal crossword clue4 letters
- 35Fencing move crossword clue5 letters
- 36Dickensian cry crossword clue3 letters
- 37Makes fun of, in a way crossword clue5 letters
- 38Right hand crossword clue4 letters
- 39Monk's title crossword clue3 letters
- 40Like gnats crossword clue5 letters
- 41Bone, for one crossword clue12 letters
- 44Grazed, e.g. crossword clue3 letters
- 45One of the Manning brothers crossword clue3 letters
- 46Noted convert to Islam in 1964 crossword clue3 letters
- 47Semi part crossword clue3 letters
- 501999 Melissa Joan Hart movie crossword clue12 letters
- 53Parting word crossword clue5 letters
- 56Poverty, pollution and such crossword clue4 letters
- 57Have ___ to one's head crossword clue4 letters
- 58Closet filler crossword clue5 letters
- 59Look out for? crossword clue4 letters
- 60"Quo Vadis" role crossword clue4 letters
- 61See 8-Across crossword clue5 letters
- 62Mosquito protection crossword clue3 letters
- 63Mushroomed crossword clue4 letters
Down
- 1Nada crossword clue5 letters
- 2First name in 1950s politics crossword clue5 letters
- 3___ onion crossword clue5 letters
- 4Brought to ruin crossword clue4 letters
- 6Pseudo-cultured crossword clue4 letters
- 7Shawnee chief at the Battle of Tippecanoe crossword clue8 letters
- 8Artists' boo-boos crossword clue6 letters
- 9Beanery fare crossword clue4 letters
- 10Favored bunch crossword clue3 letters
- 11"For shame!" crossword clue3 letters
- 12Cigarettes have it crossword clue3 letters
- 14Show sorrow crossword clue6 letters
- 20Minos's land crossword clue5 letters
- 21Ticked (off) crossword clue4 letters
- 25Word of woe crossword clue5 letters
- 26Awfully small crossword clue5 letters
- 27Porter's regretful "Miss" crossword clue4 letters
- 28Physician/synonymist crossword clue5 letters
- 29Gads about crossword clue5 letters
- 30Plain English crossword clue5 letters
- 31Library sign crossword clue5 letters
- 32Excessive, as force crossword clue5 letters
- 35Clark's crush on "Smallville" crossword clue4 letters
- 36From Sucre, say crossword clue8 letters
- 37Battlefield shout crossword clue5 letters
- 39"The Persistence of Memory" painter crossword clue4 letters
- 40Most likely to sunburn crossword clue6 letters
- 42Off-season offerings crossword clue6 letters
- 43Shakespearean soliloquist crossword clue6 letters
- 47Hoops player crossword clue5 letters
- 48Like a clear sky crossword clue5 letters
- 49At this point crossword clue5 letters
- 50Animal on XING signs crossword clue4 letters
- 51Hamburg's river crossword clue4 letters
- 52Summoned, in a way crossword clue4 letters
- 53Subj. with unknowns crossword clue3 letters
- 54Go kaput crossword clue3 letters
- 55"___ pig's eye!" crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “Bug-building game”?
The answer has 6 letters. It starts with C and ends with E, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “Bug-building game” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at 5 Down.
What is the answer to the “Bug-building game” crossword clue?
The answer is COOTIE (6 letters). If you'd rather work it out yourself, the hints above give it away a little at a time.