| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LEECH | Parasitic insect | |
| BEDBUG | Parasitic insect | |
| FLEA | Parasitic insect | |
| LOUSE | Parasitic insect | |
| TAINTWORM | A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva. | |
| IXODES | A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect. | |
| GORDIUS | A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which the... | |