Complete Clue List
Across
1. The grain or ____ weevil feeds on cereals
6. 6A & 38A: "The itsy ____ spider crawled up the water ____" (1st word)
9. Inhabitant of a country whose Negev Desert contains 18D and spiders
10. Reddish North American pig breed
11. Fanatical OR infected by an acute viral disease
12. A bush cricket has this name in countries such as Australia, Canada, South Africa and the US
13. 6D & 13A: Proverbially, the early ____ catch the ____ (2nd word, plural)
16. Spiral-shelled mollusk known for slow movement
19. BRACE freely for this bitter word (anag.)
22. Winged escape for some 18D
23. Voracious insect, part of a Biblical plague (Exodus 10:1-18 [NIV])
24. Natural bath sponge
25. Long-haired cat, goat or rabbit
26. Bully
27. The naturally camouflaged ____ insect looks like a twig
30. ____-flies are known to carry equine infections
33. Remove
36. Fauna
37. Inland waterway, home for many 18D
38. 6A & 38A: "The itsy ____ spider crawled up the water ____" (2nd word)
39. Wood-eating insect and an aardvark's favourite snack
40. Compost covering which often creates a habitat for 18D
41. Off, palindromically (3,2)
Down
1. 21D & 1D: ____ spiders have an unusually potent venom (2nd word, surviving spouse)
2. Bug, but not the living kind
3. Parasitic arachnids with a role in transmitting Lyme disease
4. Frigid northern region with few 18D (if any)
5. Animal with a particular food source
6. 6D & 13A: Proverbially, the early ____ catch the ____ (1st word, plural)
7. Leg bone
8. Alpine call
14. Monte ____ (wildlife park in Gaeta, Italy) OR major city in Florida (home to Walt Disney World)
15. Fly larvae found in decaying organic matter
17. Core, as family
18. Six-legged critters
19. Very large beetle with three prominent horns, named after a brother of Prometheus in Greek mythology
20. Dangerous bacteria (1,4)
21. 21D & 1D: ____ spiders have an unusually potent venom (1st word, colour)
28. Effort makers
29. Pack tightly (4,2)
30. Group with one or two males, a number of females and their offspring
31. Competitor
32. Soil, home for 13A and other 36A
33. German industrial city on the Ruhr
34. Up in the air
35. Word with worm or moth