Answer: MOTE
MOTE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 50 times.
Referring Clues:
- Flyspeck
 - It's no big thing
 - Speck
 - Speck in one's eye
 - No big thing
 - Bit of dust
 - Minute bit
 - Dust speck
 - Small particle
 - Tiny bit
 - Speck of dust
 - Tiny speck
 - Dust bunny particle
 - Small speck
 - Dust unit
 - Tiny particle
 - Dust particle
 - Eye annoyance
 - Dusty speck
 - Small spot
 - Insignificant speck
 - Atom, e.g.
 - Cornea irritant
 - Bit for the dust rag
 - Particle
 - Teensy particle
 - Fleck
 - It's certainly no big thing
 - Dusty bit
 - Floating speck, perhaps
 - Sunbeam speck
 - Minute spot
 - "This Cosmos in which we float like a ___": Sagan
 - Minim
 - Iota
 - Particle of dust
 - Atom
 - Sunbeam floater
 - Dust bit
 - Speck of dust, e.g.
 - Dusty little bit
 - Tenth word ...
 - Floater in a sunbeam
 - Particle in a beam
 - Crumb
 - Tiny piece of dust
 - Tiny bit of dust
 - Dust in the wind?
 - Speck released by fluffing cushions
 - Super 8 or Econo lodge*
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 12, 2025
 - USA Today - September 12, 2025
 - LA Times - March 28, 2025
 - New York Times - December 28, 2024
 - USA Today - June 21, 2024
 - LA Times - April 30, 2024
 - New York Times - December 15, 2023
 - LA Times - August 19, 2023
 - New York Times - July 06, 2023
 - New York Times - February 16, 2023
 - LA Times - June 02, 2022
 - LA Times - April 21, 2022
 - LA Times - March 25, 2022
 - LA Times - February 18, 2022
 - LA Times - February 09, 2022
 - USA Today - June 08, 2021
 - Netword - May 23, 2021
 - Netword - May 02, 2021
 - Netword - April 23, 2021
 - Netword - December 29, 2020
 
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