Answer: LICE
LICE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 118 times.
Referring Clues:
- Small suckers
 - Head hunters' targets
 - Dog problem
 - Some ectozoa
 - Vermin
 - Cooties
 - Wingless parasites
 - Nits, eventually
 - Woe for Fido
 - Head case?
 - Some creepy-crawlies
 - Wingless suckers
 - Beggar's-___ (sticky seeds)
 - Dog bane
 - Parasitical insects
 - Head hunters?
 - Adult nits
 - Small parasites
 - Grown nits
 - Nasty insects
 - Tiny biting insects
 - Tiny insects
 - Scalp misery
 - Nitpicker's target
 - A pox on your locks
 - Head dread
 - Mature nits
 - Cause of some head-scratching
 - Infestation with them is called pediculosis
 - Some parasites
 - Nit layers
 - Parasitic insects
 - Canine pests
 - Plant pests
 - Grown-up nits
 - External parasites
 - Itch producers
 - Reason to visit the school nurse
 - They cause head scratching
 - Little suckers
 - Vile insects
 - Head infestation
 - Small insects
 - Parasitic bugs
 - Disgusting insects
 - Pet problem
 - Head residents?
 - Tiny parasites
 - Cause of head-scratching, perhaps
 - Cause of some head scratching?
 - Fumigation targets, sometimes
 - Grade-schooler's woe
 - Ot plague
 - Head parasites
 - Some ectoparasites
 - Students may be searched for them in grade school
 - They lay nits
 - Children's head pests
 - Big nits
 - Parasites
 - Grownup nits
 - Pet pests
 - Dog's woe
 - Pooch pests
 - Bothersome parasites
 - They cause head-scratching?
 - Layers of nits
 - Dog pests
 - They might make you scratch your head
 - Itchy dog's woe
 - Pet parasites
 - Plural of louse
 - Target of a head hunter
 - Hat-borne parasites
 - Grade-school infestation
 - Subject of some notes sent home to parents by the school nurse
 - Nit-laying nuisances
 - Canine problems
 - Scalp parasites
 - Parasites on humans
 - Aphids, e.g.
 - Parasitic pests
 - Nits, in time
 - School nurse's bane
 - Head pests
 - Cause of much head-scratching
 - Minute parasites
 - Vermin that cause head-scratching
 - Bugs that bring "ughs"
 - Heady pests?
 - Wingless bloodsuckers
 - Scalp problem
 - Heady vermin
 - Canine woe
 - Heady pests
 - Pet peeves?
 - Causes of some head scratching
 - Bloodsucking parasites
 - Parasites on 29-Across
 - Unwanted scalp dwellers
 - Bothersome bugs
 - Pests for a puppy
 - Subject of a school nurse's inspection
 - Whopper
 - Easily spread parasites
 - Elementary school parasites
 - Evil intent
 - Parasitic insects that suck
 - Targets of certain combs
 - Problems that come to a head?
 - Bugs that school nurses check for
 - Pests treated with Nix Ultra shampoo
 - Scalp pests
 - Head-scratchers?
 - Some sources of typhus
 - Some epizoa
 - Targets of insecticidal shampoo
 - One of the 10 plagues of Egypt
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - July 20, 2025
 - LA Times - June 20, 2025
 - New York Times - March 14, 2025
 - New York Times - February 07, 2025
 - New York Times - April 11, 2024
 - USA Today - January 25, 2023
 - LA Times - December 02, 2022
 - LA Times - November 13, 2022
 - New York Times - September 29, 2022
 - USA Today - June 20, 2022
 - USA Today - October 12, 2021
 - New York Times - April 21, 2021
 - Universal - April 07, 2021
 - New York Times - August 09, 2020
 - New York Times - June 29, 2020
 - USA Today - June 08, 2020
 - LA Times - May 29, 2020
 - New York Times - March 05, 2020
 - Universal - February 12, 2020
 - Universal - December 24, 2019
 
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