No one likes Mondays, but a new Minute Cryptic is here to ease your suffering, unless you have arachnophobia. Before you dive into the answer, try it out yourself here. This satisfying puzzle game has its fair share of seasoned veterans and newbies in the playerbase, so our advice to the latter would be to learn how the game works first, then start solving it. There’s no harm in using the hints provided to you!

However, we also acknowledge those who crave a straight path to the answer, so if you’re one of them, scroll down below to find the Minute Cryptic solution for March 2, 2026. It’s the second day of the new month, which means the clues will keep coming in the following weeks, so why not check out our top 10 daily puzzle games list to prepare for it after you’re done solving today’s clue?

Minute Cryptic Answer for March 2, 2026

This one’s for the spider lovers! | Image Credit: Minute Cryptic

The answer to today’s clue is Tarantula. There are three indicators in today’s clue: ‘follows’, ‘bodyguards’, and ‘gone’. One of them is a selection indicator that guides us to select specific letters in neighboring words. Another is a deletion indicator, which means we need to eliminate some letters from some fodder. On the other hand, ‘follows’ is a repositioning indicator that guides us in positioning two fodder chunks relative to each other.

For the fodder words themselves, ‘Los Angeles’ and ‘stars, wants our’ are your picks for today. We need to identify a short substitute for one of these words, then combine it with the letters of the other, as guided by the indicator previously. Finally, the definition in today’s clue is  ‘Creepy stalker’, and the answer is definitely a creepy stalker of sorts. Think arachnids, and you’ll slowly creep closer to it!

So, did you successfully find the creepy stalker in today’s Minute Cryptic clue? Or did the arachnids scare you off to the hints? Let us know in the comments section below.
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