Rating | Solver | Clue |
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DRAWBACK | Pitfall | |
PIT | A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. | |
ANT-LION | A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius. |