Mite
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

TAD
A slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"

JOT
A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

BIT
Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit"

4 letters

FLEA
Any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

ATOM
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

IOTA
The 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

TICK
Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

HINT
An indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

5 letters

SPECK
A very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"

TINGE
A pale or subdued color

TOUCH
The act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"

PINCH
Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

MIDGE
Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water

6 letters

WEEBIT

SMIDGE
A tiny or scarcely detectable amount

7 letters

SOUPCON
A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

SMIDGEN
A tiny or scarcely detectable amount

CHIGGER
Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

8 letters

ARACHNID
Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

PARASITE
An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

PITTANCE
An inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"