| Pain |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2026 |
| Big inconvenience |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2026 |
| Pester, bother |
The Times Concise |
18 Feb 2026 |
| Badger |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Feb 2026 |
| Nuisance |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jan 2026 |
| I'm surprised by less complicated trouble (6) |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jan 2026 |
| Trouble (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Dec 2025 |
| Pain in the neck |
USA Today |
01 Dec 2025 |
| Bother |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Oct 2025 |
| Pester |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Pain in the neck |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2025 |
| Pain in the neck |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2025 |
| Pain in the you-know-what |
USA Today |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Bother, problem (6) |
|
|
| Harry lashes out |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Bother |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Major inconvenience |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2025 |
| Keeping watch, as sleuth says, is a nuisance |
|
|
| Henry mismanaging sales is irksome inconvenience (6) |
|
|
| A bit of bother with Bertha's sleepwalking (6) |
|
|
| Small son in, well, trouble (6) |
|
|
| Without extended play has sleep become a bother? (6) |
|
|
| Constant bother (6) |
|
|
| Logistical headache |
|
|
| Inconvenience |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Aggravation, nuisance (6) |
|
|
| Harass lass he upset (6) |
|
|
| Trouble |
|
|
| Big pain |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Big inconvenience |
Universal |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Has sleep yielded solution to this trouble? (6) |
|
|
| Troublesome experience |
Commuter |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Bears almost killed badger (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Steamship seen in blooming trouble |
|
|
| Prolonged trouble |
|
|
| Annoying problem, whata...! |
|
|
| Troubled with tangled lashes (8) |
|
|
| Pester |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Problem with fool replacing oxygen in space |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Hard time |
TV |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Trouble arising when man embraces flighty lass (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Pester |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Irritating inconvenience |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Trouble |
|
|
| Bother, inconvenience |
The Times Concise |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Pester; nag; irritating inconvenience (6) |
|
|
| Inconvenience for hot fool with the French |
|
|
| Ship impounded in robust dispute (6) |
|
|
| Violent lashes creating trouble |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Lashes cause a bit of bother (6) |
|
|
| Bother, annoy (6) |
|
|
| Harass, informally (6) |
|
|
| Quarrel (coll) |
|
|
| Bother to put old vessel in well (6) |
|
|
| Has sleuth taken half? Nuisance! (6) |
|
|
| Trouble or bother (6) |
|
|
| Fuss, bother (colloq) (6) |
|
|
| Bother or annoy (6) |
|
|
| Lashes out to cause trouble (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Major inconvenience |
Universal |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Steamship in sound finds problem |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Bother |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Harry gets one over on solver regularly |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Jul 2024 |
| He protects troubled lass in difficult situation |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Major inconvenience |
Newsday |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Lashes out causing a great deal of trouble (6) |
|
|
| Inconvenience |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Bug lashes out |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Badger |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jun 2024 |
| That man keeps equine animal and large badger (6) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Bother |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Ship entering sound finds trouble |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Lashes out at difficulty (6) |
|
|
| A great deal of trouble (6) |
|
|
| False lashes can give trouble (6) |
|
|
| Have a bit of trouble with each ass let out (6) |
|
|
| Badger |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Ship entering sound in difficulty |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Bother caused by the start of hectic jumble sales (6) |
|
|
| Bothersome dispute |
|
|
| Lashes could be a great deal of trouble |
|
|
| Pester; aggro (6) |
|
|
| Troublesome task |
|
|
| Continually annoy (6) |
|
|
| Fuss a and bother (6) |
|
|
| Fuss - and bother |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Mar 2024 |
| Trouble has upset Les (6) |
|
|
| Big inconvenience |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Big inconvenience |
Family Time |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Problem ship entering sound |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Badger |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Hard drink around ship produces bother (6) |
|
|
| Prolonged inconvenience (6) |
|
|
| Procedural pain in the neck (LASHES anagram) (6) |
|
|
| He accommodates the silly lass but it's a nuisance (6) |
|
|
| Big headache |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Big inconvenience |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2023 |
| Pain in the butt |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Big bother |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2023 |
| Harry lashes out |
The Times Cryptic |
31 May 2023 |
| Big inconvenience |
Newsday |
02 May 2023 |
| Major headache |
LA Times Daily |
23 Mar 2023 |
| Annoying inconvenience |
Newsday |
06 Mar 2023 |
| Pester |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Feb 2023 |
| Nuisance |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2023 |
| Irritating inconvenience |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Lashes out in struggle |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Nov 2022 |
| The man grabs American behind large badger |
|
|
| ‘Robust' boat's submerged: bother! |
|
|
| Bother |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Sep 2022 |
| Annoying inconvenience |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2022 |
| Pain in the neck |
Premier Sunday |
24 Jul 2022 |
| Inconvenience |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2022 |
| Give a hard time |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2022 |
| Discounts, perhaps without a squabble |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 May 2022 |
| Irritating inconvenience |
The Times Concise |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Annoyance |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2022 |
| Big inconvenience |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2022 |
| Pester |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Feb 2022 |
| Pain in the neck |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Harass, pester |
|
|
| Pester |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Nov 2021 |
| Pester hearty on tour of ship |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Oct 2021 |
| Pester, nuisance |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Sep 2021 |
| Bother |
|
|
| Harry lashes out |
|
|
| Swept ashes — when left inside, there's trouble |
|
|
| Well, to own a ship is a problem |
|
|
| Well, going around bends is a problem |
|
|
| Harry's son left England |
|
|
| Harass, pester |
The Guardian Speedy |
30 May 2021 |
| Heals sick around school with pain in the neck? |
|
|
| Harry lashes out |
|
|
| Pester |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Apr 2021 |
| Irritating inconvenience |
|
|
| Annoying inconvenience |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2021 |
| Owns toboggan, endless bother |
|
|
| Problem ship coming into sound |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jan 2021 |
| Bother |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jan 2021 |
| Big inconvenience |
USA Today |
22 Jan 2021 |
| Sons participating in healthy argument |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Filling out forms, often |
|
|
| Filling out forms, often |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2021 |
| Big bother |
Newsday |
14 Dec 2020 |
| Major bother |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2020 |
| Paperwork, often |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Paperwork, often |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
Universal |
10 Dec 2020 |
| Fool in hospital left ecstasy — bother |
|
|
| Pester |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Oct 2020 |
| Aggravating bother |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Feel shares must go up without any problem |
|
|
| Irritating inconvenience |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2020 |
| Badger |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Harry's smalls wearing well |
|
|
| Big inconvenience |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Problem is fool in depression lacks love |
|
|
| Problem ship coming into sound |
|
|
| Pain in the rear |
|
|
| Girl on cycle visits boy in trouble |
|
|
| Harry possesses silver, oddly |
|
|
| Harry interrupts Martha's sleep |
|
|
| Bother |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Harass, pester |
|
|
| Major inconvenience |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2019 |
| Frustrating experience |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Pain in the neck |
|
|
| Red tape, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2019 |
| Red tape, e.g |
|
|
| Barney is local to Donnybrook |
|
|
| Pain |
|
|
| Pain |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jul 2019 |
| Harass, bother |
|
|
| Ship entering sound in difficulty |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Pain in the neck |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Badger lashes out |
|
|
| Lashes out when there is trouble |
|
|
| Botheration |
|
|
| Bears almost killed badger |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 May 2019 |
| Big bother |
Premier Sunday |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Irritating inconvenience |
|
|
| Major annoyance |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2019 |
| Red tape, e.g. |
|
|
| Pain |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
|
|
| Problem ship entering sound |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Major headache |
|
|
| Major headache |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2018 |
| Problem with smalls filling up well |
|
|
| Trouble |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Secret Service enter well causing trouble |
|
|
| Bother |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Annoying inconvenience (rhymes with "tassel") |
|
|
| Bug lashes out |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Aug 2018 |
| Give a hard time |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2018 |
| Give a hard time to |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2018 |
| Pain in the neck has initial symptoms associated with central skeleton |
|
|
| Ship entering sound finds trouble |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Jul 2018 |
| Inconvenience |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Jul 2018 |
| Big inconvenience |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2018 |
| Steamship in sound finds problem |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2018 |
| Badger |
The Guardian Speedy |
14 Apr 2018 |
| Bother, fuss |
The Times Concise |
13 Apr 2018 |
| Keeps individual out of old trouble |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Fuss and bother |
|
|
| Ship entering sound exhibiting difficulty |
|
|
| Nuisance Hardy appropriates pair of shorts |
|
|
| Bother |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Bother |
|
|
| Give a hard time to |
|
|
| Big inconvenience |
|
|
| Major headache |
|
|
| Give a hard time |
|
|
| Major headache |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Nov 2017 |
| Irritating inconvenience |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jul 2017 |
| Irritating inconvenience |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
USA Today |
10 May 2017 |
| Be a pain in the neck |
Family Time |
07 May 2017 |
| Nuisance |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Great bother |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2017 |
| Irritating inconvenience |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
|
|
| Trouble ends in Christmas boozers being overwhelmed by hard drink |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Dec 2016 |
| Badger lashes out |
|
|
| Pester persistently |
Universal |
23 Nov 2016 |
| Give grief to |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2016 |
| Bug |
Universal |
17 Nov 2016 |
| Harass |
Universal |
31 Oct 2016 |
| Irritating inconvenience |
The Times Concise |
24 Oct 2016 |
| Well, going round ship is a problem |
|
|
| Give grief to |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2016 |
| Procedural pain |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2016 |
| Trouble with fluttering lashes |
|
|
| Trouble with fluttering lashes |
|
|
| Badger or hound |
Newsday |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Annoying inconvenience |
Universal |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Pester persistently |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2016 |
| Great bother |
|
|
| Harass |
|
|
| Bug no end |
Premier Sunday |
27 Dec 2015 |
| Problem fit to be relieved by social security |
|
|
| Annoying experience |
|
|
| Harass |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 Nov 2015 |
| Steamship stuck in strong struggle |
|
|
| Lashes out in argument |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Sep 2015 |
| Bother |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Jul 2015 |
| Annoyance |
Universal |
09 May 2015 |
| Major pain |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Annoyance |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2015 |
| Big headache |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2015 |
| Headache |
|
|
| Annoying experience |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Major headache |
|
|
| Major pain |
|
|
| Bug no end |
|
|
| Big headache |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Harry has first signs of St Louis encephalitis |
|
|
| Owns winter equipment endlessly producing bother |
|
|
| Persistently annoy |
|
|
| Talking to customer service, typically |
|
|
| Give a hard time to |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
|
|
| Give one a hard time |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
|
|
| Give a hard time to |
|
|
| Inconvenience |
|
|
| Royal pain |
|
|
| Annoy by fluttering lashes |
|
|
| Big inconvenience |
|
|
| Be a pain in the neck |
|
|
| Badger |
|
|
| Annoying inconvenience |
|
|
| Minor botheration |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Bother with false lashes |
|
|
| Inconvenience |
|
|
| Royal pain |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Disorderly dispute |
|
|
| Royal pain |
|
|
| Royal pain |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Big bother |
|
|
| Give grief to |
|
|
| Give grief to |
|
|
| Pain |
|
|
| Big bother |
|
|
| Aggravation |
|
|
| Big bother |
|
|
| Long lines, e.g. |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
|
|
| Major inconvenience |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Inconvenience |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Bothersome task |
|
|
| Aggravate |
|
|
| Inconvenience |
|
|
| Annoying ordeal |
|
|
| Minor but aggravating problem |
|
|
| Pester |
|
|
| Fuss |
|
|
| Fuss |
|
|
| Pain in the behind |
|
|
| Headache |
|
|
| Aggravate |
|
|
| Minor but aggravating problem |
|
|
| Big bother |
|
|
| Botheration |
|
|
| Beset |
|
|
| Great bother |
|
|
| Trouble |
|
|
| Give a hard time |
|
|
| Aggravate |
|
|
| Trouble |
|
|
| Give static to |
|
|
| Discompose |
|
|
| Give a hard time |
|
|
| Give a hard time |
|
|
| More than an inconvenience |
|
|
| Nuisance |
|
|
| Inconvenience |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Pain |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| No fun |
|
|
| Imbroglio |
|
|
| Fuss |
|
|
| Give a hard time to |
|
|
| Annoy continually |
|
|
| Altercate |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| No fun |
|
|
| Pain in the neck |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Give one a hard time |
|
|
| Big bother |
|
|
| Pain |
|
|
| Pester |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Nuisance |
|
|
| Pester persistently |
|
|
| Pain in the rear |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Squabble |
|
|
| Difficulty |
|
|
| Bug no end |
|
|
| Contend |
|
|
| Getting through a busy toll plaza, e.g. |
|
|
| Annoying inconvenience |
|
|
| Annoying problem |
|
|
| Harass |
|
|
| Give someone a hard time |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Squabble |
|
|
| Headache |
|
|
| Disorderly dispute |
|
|
| Minor but aggravating problem |
|
|
| Big burden |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Squabble |
|
|
| Harass |
|
|
| Flap |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Disagreement |
|
|
| Squabble |
|
|
| Disorderly dispute |
|
|
| Squabble |
|
|
| Argument |
|
|
| Kin of a rumble |
|
|
| Be a pain in the neck |
|
|
| Run-in |
|
|
| Wrangle |
|
|
| Argue |
|
|
| Fight |
|
|
| Rhubarb |
|
|
| Heated argument |
|
|
| Relative of a rhubarb |
|
|
| To-do |
|
|
| Rhubarb's relative |
|
|
| Real pain in the ass |
|
|
| Ruckus. |
|
|
| Rough-and-tumble. |
|
|
| Argument: Slang. |
|
|
| Mix-up: Slang. |
|
|
| Big runaround |
|
|
| "Rhubarb" |
|
|
| Rhubarb. |
|
|
| Rhubarb's relative. |
|
|
| Squabble: Slang. |
|
|
| "Rhubarb." |
|
|
| Melee of a sort. |
|
|
| Squabble: Colloq. |
|
|
| Major headache |
|
|