aNUTter (7) with 1 e crypt!

[Denis]

Dwellers following nine insects (7) : 1 e

 

[mmm4444bot]

Still working on yours, but I solved this one with no 'e':

Is odd mixture following nine insects? (7)

 

[Denis]

Is odd mixture following nine insects? (7)

ixodids : anagram of "is odd" follows nine (ix)
BUT plural is ixodidae, isn't it?

 

[mmm4444bot]

ixodids : anagram of "is odd" follows nine (ix)

Ya got it!

BUT plural is ixodidae, isn't it?

That means "is it not". Are you asking if 'ixodidae' is not plural?

I'm not being snide. My question is meant to illustrate a point. There are multiple ways to say the same thing.

miasmas, miasmata, miasms

octopi, octopuses, octopodes

Catch my drift?

 

[Denis]

I looked it up (cause the word was new to me) in dictionary.com:
"any of numerous ticks of the family Ixodidae, comprising the hard ticks".
But worry none: I prefer ixodids :razz:

 

[mmm4444bot]

I looked it up … in dictionary.com

I tried to look it up there, but they just change my typing. I don't like that.

I use multiple references, when solving word puzzles. I start by googling and scrolling through the hits, reading the snippets (often skipping dictionary.com; they've failed me before, too).

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ixodids

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ixodids

https://www.wordwebonline.com/en/IXODID

But worry none

Heh, heh. I'm not worrying about this. :cool:

 

[mmm4444bot]

Dwellers following nine insects (7)

Was overthinkin' it; lovely crypt. :smile:

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓

Answer = TENANTS

Dwellers = direct

following nine = TEN

insects = ANTS

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[Denis]

C'est bien Monsieur Marc