| Boon or ___ |
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| "The Dark Knight Rises" villain |
TV |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Curse being brainier, oddly (4) |
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| ___ of one's existence (biggest annoyance, and a word you'll find hidden within "urbane") |
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| It's the cause of evil in Brisbane! (4) |
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| Poison: wolf's ___ |
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| Cause of ruin |
Universal |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Offer to curb new nuisance (4) |
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| Villain who broke Batman's back |
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| Fatal poison |
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| Fatal poison (4) |
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| Rule out Ecstasy as cause of death |
|
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| Constant nuisance |
New York Times |
28 Jan 2024 |
| "She's the ___ of my existence" (arch-nemesis) |
|
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| Embargo on Spain, cause of great annoyance (4) |
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| Source of evil |
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| See 13 Down |
Mirror Quiz |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Plague |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Blight in urban environment |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Nov 2023 |
| "They're the ___ of my existence" |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Curse |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Nov 2023 |
| The ___ of my existence |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Cause of ruin |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Oct 2023 |
| Ruination |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2023 |
| ___ of one's existence (cause of misfortune) |
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| Affliction |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Jul 2023 |
| Bugbear, bête noire |
The Times Concise |
25 Jul 2023 |
| Source of misery |
Family Time |
24 Jul 2023 |
| Spoiler |
Newsday |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Curse |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Scourge |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jun 2023 |
| Nemesis |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2023 |
| Source of misery |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2023 |
| ___ of one's existence |
New York Times |
08 May 2023 |
| Bugaboo |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2023 |
| Batman foe |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Feb 2023 |
| '__ of all genius' (power, per Shelley) |
Newsday |
04 Feb 2023 |
| Cause of great distress |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2023 |
| Source of torment |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2022 |
| Boon's distant pal? |
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| Downfall |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2022 |
| Opposite of "boon" |
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| 'You are the ___ of my existence' |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Cause of great annoyance |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Oct 2022 |
| The ___ of my existence |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Scourge |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Batman's enemy |
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| Boon's opposite |
|
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| Curse |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jul 2022 |
| Batman's nemesis |
|
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| Masked Batman nemesis |
Family Time |
16 May 2022 |
| ___ of one's existence (biggest irritation) |
|
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| Batman's adversary |
|
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| Bete noire |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Cause of ruin |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Apr 2022 |
| The ___ of my existence |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2022 |
| ___ of one’s existence |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2022 |
| "He's the ___ of my existence" |
|
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| Scourge |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Scourge |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Thorn in your side |
Universal |
25 Feb 2022 |
| Curse |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jan 2022 |
| 'It's the ___ of my existence' |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2021 |
| "The Dark Knight Rises" villain |
|
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| Garlic, to a vampire |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Cause of great annoyance |
Universal |
30 Oct 2021 |
| Nemesis |
New York Times |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Source of ruin |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2021 |
| Bête noire; something, or one, that causes destruction |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 Aug 2021 |
| ___ of one's existence |
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| Bete noire |
Universal |
20 Jun 2021 |
| The ___ of one's existence |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2021 |
| Batman's enemy who is credited to be the only villain to have "broken the bat" |
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| Water, for the Wicked Witch of the West |
Universal |
02 May 2021 |
| Boon or ___? |
|
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| Ruination |
Universal |
02 Feb 2021 |
| Cause of ruin |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Source of ruin |
Universal |
25 Dec 2020 |
| Scourge |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Boon's opposite |
|
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| Bugaboo |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Cause of woe |
Newsday |
30 Sep 2020 |
| Boon or ___? |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Curse |
The Washington Post |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Curse |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Curse |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Jul 2020 |
| 2012 Batman film villain |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Jul 2020 |
| Downfall |
The Washington Post |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Downfall |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Spoiler |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2020 |
| 'It's the ___ of my existence' |
USA Today |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Source of misery |
The New Yorker |
08 Jun 2020 |
| Bothersome annoyance nagging existence, primarily |
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| Undoing |
The Washington Post |
17 May 2020 |
| Undoing |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2020 |
| Bête noire |
New York Times |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Anathema |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Mar 2020 |
| Suppress Oriental curse |
|
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| Masked villain from "The Dark Knight Rises" |
|
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| Scourge |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2020 |
| ___ of one's existence |
|
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| Cause of ruination |
|
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| Thorn in one's side |
LA Times Daily |
14 Dec 2019 |
| Thorn in one's side |
The Washington Post |
14 Dec 2019 |
| Batman's nemesis in "The Dark Knight Rises" |
|
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| Thorn in one's side |
Universal |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Constant annoyance |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2019 |
| Batman foe who gains superhuman strength by taking Venom |
The Washington Post Sunday |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Nemesis |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Boon or ___ |
|
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| Batman's foe in "The Dark Knight Rises" |
|
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| Scourge |
Canadiana |
03 Jun 2019 |
| Flea, to a dog |
Family Time |
03 Jun 2019 |
| Villain in "The Dark Knight Rises" |
|
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| Nemesis |
The Washington Post |
24 Apr 2019 |
| Nemesis |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2019 |
| "The Dark Knight Rises" masked villain |
|
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| "The Dark Knight Rises" nemesis of Batman |
|
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| Bugaboo |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Scourge |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Nemesis |
Family Time |
06 Jan 2019 |
| Scourge |
|
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| Downfall |
|
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| Constant annoyance |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Source of destruction |
The Washington Post Sunday |
30 Dec 2018 |
| Cause of woe |
USA Today |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Source of ruin |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2018 |
| Plague |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Torment in suburban enclave |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Curse |
The New Yorker |
29 Oct 2018 |
| Blight in urban environment |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Jun 2018 |
| Aptly named "The Dark Knight Rises" villain |
|
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| "Boon or a ___" (also the name of Batman's nemesis played by Tom Hardy) |
|
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| Bringer of ruin |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2018 |
| Stop European revealing source of misery |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Thorn in one's side |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Source of ruin |
|
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| Cause of woe |
|
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| Bringer of ruin |
|
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| Bête noire |
|
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| Thorn in one's side |
|
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| Source of aggravation |
Family Time |
16 Oct 2017 |
| Cause of ruin |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Thorn in one's side |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Big Batman villain |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Aug 2017 |
| ___ of one's existence (biggest annoyance) |
|
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| It's a curse to live without a name |
|
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| The villain in "The Dark Knight Rises" |
|
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| ___ of one's existence |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2017 |
| Batman foe |
Jonesin |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Constant annoyance |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2017 |
| Cause of ruin |
Universal |
06 Mar 2017 |
| Problem source |
Universal |
07 Feb 2017 |
| Cause of ruin |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
|
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| Ruination |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Aptly named 'The Dark Knight Rises' nemesis |
The Washington Post |
27 Oct 2016 |
| Ruination |
Premier Sunday |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Cause of ruin |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Sep 2016 |
| 'The Dark Knight Rises' villain |
The Washington Post |
13 Sep 2016 |
| Curse |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Mar 2016 |
| ___ of one's existence |
USA Today |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Cause of ruin |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jan 2016 |
| ___ of one's existence |
|
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| Thorn in one's side |
|
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| Moriarty, to Holmes |
The Washington Post |
24 Dec 2015 |
| Scourge |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2015 |
| Destructive agent |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2015 |
| Source of misery |
Universal |
23 May 2015 |
| Scourge |
LA Times Daily |
11 May 2015 |
| Ruinous thing |
Universal |
18 Mar 2015 |
| Plague |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2015 |
| Downfall |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2015 |
| Scourge |
|
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| Ruinous thing |
|
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| Source of misery |
|
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| Source of ruin |
|
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| Bringer of ruin |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Source of irritation |
|
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| Source of misery |
|
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| Plague |
|
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| Batman foe |
|
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| Destructive agent |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Undoing |
|
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| Downfall |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Thorn in one's side |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
|
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| Source of misery |
|
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| Bête noire |
|
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| Source of trouble |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
|
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| Downfall cause |
|
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| Downfall |
|
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| Cause of harm |
|
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| Cause of harm |
|
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| Cause for distress |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Source of misery |
|
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| Hen's tail |
|
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| Bugaboo |
|
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| Bête noire |
|
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| Deadly poison |
|
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| Source of ruin |
|
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| Villain in the Batman series |
|
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| Cause of destruction |
|
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| Cause of misery |
|
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| Plague |
|
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| Constant nuisance |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| "The Dark Knight Rises" villain |
|
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| Plant-name ender |
|
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| The ___ of one's existence |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| Ruinous agent |
|
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| Cause of one's undoing |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Source of ruin |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Thorn in one's side |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| Cause of woe |
|
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| Undoing |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Cause of ruination |
|
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| Source of ruin |
|
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| Cause of misery |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Spoiler |
|
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| Reason for ruin |
|
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| Cause of distress |
|
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| Ruin |
|
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| Poison |
|
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| Thorn in one's side |
|
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| Garlic, to a vampire |
|
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| Cause of one's undoing |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
|
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| Source of aggravation |
|
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| Unhappy influence |
|
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| Anathema |
|
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| Thorn in the flesh |
|
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| Cause of destruction |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
|
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| ". . . the __ of my existence" |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
|
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| Proverbial thorn |
|
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| Proverbial thorn |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Source of harm |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Blight |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Cause of misery |
|
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| Ruin |
|
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| Downfall |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| Spoiler |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Bete noire |
|
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| ___ of one's existence |
|
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| Cause of misery |
|
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| Spoiler |
|
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| Thorn in the side |
|
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| Poisonous-plant suffix |
|
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| Plague |
|
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| Bugbear |
|
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| Plague |
|
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| Spoiler |
|
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| Ruin |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Spoiler |
|
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| Cause of one's undoing |
|
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| Destruction |
|
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| Source of harm |
|
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| Bugaboo |
|
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| Destruction |
|
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| Canker |
|
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| Source of ruin |
|
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| Thorn in one's side |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Downfall |
|
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| Cause of distress |
|
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| Dennis, to Mr. Wilson |
|
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| Problem source |
|
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| "I will not be afraid of death and ___": "Macbeth" |
|
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| Dennis, to Mr. Wilson |
|
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| Cause of distress |
|
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| Undoing |
|
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| Witch's brew |
|
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| Bete noire |
|
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| Sun, to Frosty |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Sun, to Frosty |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Ruinous agent |
|
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| Ill bringer |
|
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| Cause of ruination |
|
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| Ruin |
|
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| Opposite of 5D |
|
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| Source of ruin |
|
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| Flea, to Fido |
|
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| Cause of misery |
|
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| Curse |
|
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| Bête noire |
|
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| Source of ruin |
|
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| Deadly poison |
|
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| Undoing |
|
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| Cursed thing |
|
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| See 59 Down |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
|
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| Undoing |
|
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| Nuisance |
|
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| Killer dog's name in the Diane Whipple case |
|
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| Garlic, to a vampire |
|
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| Downfall |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Poison |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Affliction |
|
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| Destruction |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| Bete noire |
|
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| Ruination |
|
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| Poison |
|
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| Poison |
|
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| Woe |
|
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| Deadly poison |
|
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| Something avoided |
|
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| Ruin to Keats |
|
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| Spoiler |
|
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| Thorn in the flesh |
|
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| Bugbear |
|
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| Deadly poison |
|
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| Bad thing |
|
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| Source of harm |
|
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| Nemesis |
|
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| Follower of hen and rats |
|
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| Cause of harm |
|
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| Cause of ruin |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| A cause of ruin |
|
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| Follower of rats or hen |
|
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| Something terrible |
|
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| Word with fox or hen |
|
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| Word with rats or hen |
|
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| Harmful thing |
|
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| Curse or poison |
|
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| Poison or curse |
|
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| Noxious thing |
|
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| Destructive agent |
|
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| Pestilence |
|
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| Woe |
|
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| Destruction |
|
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| Something destructive |
|
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| Harmful agent. |
|
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| Source of harm. |
|
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| Spoiler. |
|
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| Ruining agent. |
|
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| Vexation. |
|
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| Cause of ruin. |
|
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| Harm: Poet. |
|
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| Ruin: Poet. |
|
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| Pernicious feature. |
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| Cause of harm. |
|
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| Deadly harm: Poet. |
|
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| Pernicious element. |
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| Pest. |
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| Harmful thing. |
|
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| Poison: Poet. |
|
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| Poetic "ruin." |
|
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| Anathema. |
|
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| Ruin, poetically. |
|
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| Ruin. |
|
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| Woe. |
|
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| Noxious thing. |
|
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| Poison. |
|
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| Harm. |
|
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| Harmful influence. |
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| Fatal mischief. |
|
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| A thing that ruins or spoils. |
|
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| Blight. |
|
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| Curse. |
|
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| Scourge. |
|
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| Bête noire |
|
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| Cause of one's undoing |
|
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