The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TSETSE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
African menace crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TSETSE | 62 % | 6 |
| ASP | 28 % | 3 |
| MAMBA | 3 % | 5 |
| TSETSEFLY | 3 % | 9 |
| MAUMAU | 3 % | 6 |
Why may TSETSE be the right solution?
The Tsetse fly is a biting insect found in sub-Saharan Africa that transmits a parasitic disease called African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. Therefore, it can be considered a menace in Africa.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: African menace
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Crossword Answer definitions
TSETSE noun- Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TSETSE
- African bloodsucker
- Bloodsucking fly
- Fearless flyer?
- Sleeping-sickness carrier
- African fly
- Dangerous buzzer
- Plague maker in Africa
- Plague of Africa
- Fly over the Equator
- Dangerous fly
More clues leading to the result ASP
- Nile nipper
- Cleo's undoing
- Cleopatra's nemesis
- Hooded snake
- It did Cleopatra in
- Nile reptile
- Warbucks employee
- Clamped on Cleo?
- Cleo's killer
- Cleo's last visitor
More clues leading to the result MAMBA
- Lethal tree snake
- Venomous snake
- Black ___ (Kobe Bryant)
- African tree snake
- Cobra's cousin
- Venomous tree snake
- Asp's big brother
- Deadly African snake
- Venomous black snake
- Venomous African tree snake
More clues leading to the result TSETSEFLY
- Botswana bloodsucker
- African insect
- African menace
- Spreader of sleeping sickness
- Dangerous biter
- Plague of Africa, now being brought under control.
- Insect.
- Carrier of encephalitis
- Insect
- African disease carrier