Answer: DEET
DEET is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 60 times.
Referring Clues:
- Insect repellent ingredient
 - Insect-repelling chemical
 - Insect repellent
 - Active ingredient in Off!
 - Mosquito repellent ingredient
 - Outdoor bite preventer
 - Bug juice?
 - Bug spray ingredient
 - It's repellent
 - Liquid insect repellent
 - Insect repellent brand
 - Liquid debugger
 - Bug repellent
 - Camper's protection
 - Off! ingredient
 - Insect repellent compound
 - Debugging application?
 - Insect-repellent compound
 - It bugs bugs
 - Tick bite repellent
 - Debugging item?
 - Off! has it
 - Debugger?
 - OFF ingredient
 - Bug bugger
 - Bug repellent brand
 - Insecticide ingredient
 - Citronella oil alternative
 - Bane for bugs
 - 25% of Off! Deep Woods
 - Fluid debugger?
 - It's in Off!
 - Bug-bugging compound
 - Component of many bug repellents
 - It makes a flea flee
 - Anti-insect ingredient
 - Preventer of many bites
 - Bug repellent ingredient
 - Biters bane
 - Bugs' bane
 - Bug's bane
 - Ingredient in Off!
 - Anti-bug compound
 - Chemical in insect repellents
 - Bite stopper
 - DDT successor
 - Bug spray component
 - Trademarked repellent
 - Mosquito repellent
 - Tick repellent
 - Mosquito repellent brand
 - Ingredient in insect repellent
 - Tick-ing bomb?
 - Something specific, informally
 - Bit of hot goss
 - Bug bite preventer
 - Diethyltoluamide, more familiarly
 - Ingredient in bug spray
 - Alternative to a citronella candle
 - Spec item
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - August 29, 2025
 - New York Times - June 22, 2025
 - LA Times - May 11, 2025
 - New York Times - March 23, 2025
 - New York Times - December 16, 2024
 - New York Times - June 14, 2024
 - USA Today - May 29, 2024
 - New York Times - May 12, 2024
 - USA Today - March 14, 2024
 - New York Times - October 20, 2023
 - USA Today - October 05, 2023
 - LA Times - September 09, 2023
 - New York Times - July 06, 2023
 - New York Times - January 21, 2023
 - New York Times - December 29, 2022
 - New York Times - November 15, 2022
 - USA Today - October 10, 2022
 - LA Times - August 13, 2022
 - LA Times - January 30, 2022
 - New York Times - August 29, 2021
 
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