| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2025 |
| Rankle |
Premier Sunday |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Vex |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Annoy |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2025 |
| Vex |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Annoy |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Sep 2025 |
| Bug |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Aggravate or annoy |
|
|
| Vex, annoy (3) |
The Sun Mini |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Provoke or irritate |
|
|
| Vex, annoy |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Aggravate or annoy |
|
|
| To irritate someone |
|
|
| Annoy greatly |
|
|
| Nettle, needle |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Severely annoy |
|
|
| Irritate |
Universal |
02 Aug 2025 |
| Vex |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Vex |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Nettle |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Aggravate |
Family Time |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Tick someone off |
|
|
| Aggravate |
Family Time |
29 Jun 2025 |
| Get on the nerves of |
|
|
| Annoy |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Bug |
The Telegraph Mini |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Gall |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Get on the nerves |
|
|
| Get under one's skin |
|
|
| Distress one by removing top of highland dagger (3) |
|
|
| Annoy immensely |
|
|
| Really annoy |
Universal |
22 May 2025 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
22 May 2025 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
12 May 2025 |
| Margin reading about gall (3) |
|
|
| Nettle |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2025 |
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| Annoy |
Commuter |
05 May 2025 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
01 May 2025 |
| Annoy greatly |
|
|
| Some camel hair kaftans will get on your nerves (3) |
|
|
| Annoy |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Worry - there's no alternative when things are crooked (3) |
|
|
| Vex, annoy |
Mirror Tea Time |
24 Apr 2025 |
| Gall |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Vex, annoy |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Severely annoy |
|
|
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Make steamed |
|
|
| Irritate one in quitting the rink (3) |
|
|
| Rankle |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Annoy |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Some shirkers will get on your goat (3) |
|
|
| Drive up the wall |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Annoy greatly |
|
|
| Some shirkers may prove tedious (3) |
|
|
| To weary, disgust (3) |
|
|
| 64 Across |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Annoy |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Bother a lot |
|
|
| Irritate |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Irritate and annoy |
|
|
| Aggravate or annoy |
|
|
| Irritate |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Annoy |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Annoy immensely |
|
|
| Get on someone's nerves |
|
|
| Grate on |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Rub the wrong way |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2025 |
| In a quirky sort of way, be a bore! (3) |
|
|
| Annoy big time |
|
|
| To weary, distress (3) |
|
|
| Peeve, put out |
The Times Concise |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Rankle |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Provoke |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Vex |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Provoke someone |
|
|
| Annoy |
Mirror Quick |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Smirking, about to irritate |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Rile, needle |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Be a bother to |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Annoy |
The Times Sunday Concise |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Guillotine 14 across to annoy (3) |
|
|
| Bug |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Annoy |
|
|
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Peeve |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Peeve |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Weary, annoy (3) |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Dagger without its top may cause one some distress (3) |
|
|
| Distress, weary (3) |
|
|
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Some shirkers will annoy one (3) |
|
|
| Annoy |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Severely annoy |
|
|
| Severely annoy |
|
|
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Vex |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Prove wearisome for one king to take in another (3) |
|
|
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Peeve |
Puzzler Backwords |
25 Sep 2024 |
| Rub up the wrong way |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Annoy |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Annoy |
The Telegraph Mini |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Annoy; pester; make angry (3) |
|
|
| Spam? |
|
|
| Gall shirked inside shed (3) |
|
|
| Annoy some shirkers (3) |
|
|
| Nettle |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Vex (3) |
Puzzler |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Aggravate or annoy |
|
|
| Rile, needle |
Puzzler Backwords |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Miff |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Annoy or irritate |
|
|
| Annoy |
Universal |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Annoy |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Severely annoy |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Tick off |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Irritate |
The Telegraph Mini |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Irritate |
Mirror Tea Time |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Really get to |
Universal |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Vex |
The Sun Mini |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Annoy |
Commuter |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Bug a lot |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jul 2024 |
| A dagger without a top to it may prove wearisome (3) |
|
|
| Be wearisome, distress (3) |
|
|
| One vacuous remark put out (3) |
|
|
| Bother |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Greatly annoy |
|
|
| Trouble getting half a firkin! (3) |
|
|
| Provoke someone |
|
|
| Annoy |
Newsday |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Get on the nerves of |
|
|
| To annoy (3) |
|
|
| Annoy, imitate (3) |
|
|
| Annoy |
Mirror Quick |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Gall is evident in smirking |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Vex, gall (3) |
|
|
| It may gall one if real kissing starts (3) |
|
|
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Bother |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Get under one's skin |
|
|
| Smirking has to irritate |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Annoy |
Mirror Quick |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Annoy a bit |
|
|
| Tick off or anger |
|
|
| Annoy |
Universal |
24 May 2024 |
| Annoy immensely |
|
|
| Annoy one redhead at the King's Head (3) |
|
|
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2024 |
| Annoy |
Wall Street Journal |
07 May 2024 |
| Really tick off |
Universal |
05 May 2024 |
| Aggravate or annoy |
|
|
| One right the king has to annoy one (3) |
|
|
| Annoy Irish kidnapper at first (3) |
|
|
| Irritate |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2024 |
| Irritate immensely |
|
|
| Be tedious (3) |
|
|
| Really annoy |
|
|
| Provoke or irritate |
|
|
| Irritate |
Mirror Tea Time |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Getting less than a firkin can vex one |
|
|
| Ruffle some feathers, say |
|
|
| Nettle |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Annoy greatly |
|
|
| Nettle or bother |
|
|
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Rile |
Premier Sunday |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Fair kind can irritate inwardly (3) |
|
|
| Annoy |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Aggravate or annoy |
|
|
| Bug a little |
|
|
| Tick off |
Universal |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| Annoy immensely |
|
|
| Provoke someone |
|
|
| Aggravate |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Annoy |
Commuter |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Church bar opening to cause disgust (3) |
|
|
| Irritate greatly |
|
|
| Annoy big time |
|
|
| Get on the nerves of |
|
|
| Vex |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Peeve (3) |
Puzzler |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Disturb |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Tick off or anger |
|
|
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Peeve |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Dec 2023 |
| Anger |
Commuter |
16 Dec 2023 |
| Exasperate |
Commuter |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Bug |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Dec 2023 |
| Nettle |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Rather bother |
|
|
| Provoke annoyance, say |
|
|
| Annoy |
Newsday |
21 Nov 2023 |
| To provoke someone or irritate them |
|
|
| Really get to |
Universal |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Provoke or annoy |
|
|
| Peeve |
|
|
| Irritate, or anger |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2023 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Oct 2023 |
| Annoy or bug excessively |
|
|
| Annoy big-time |
|
|
| Pester greatly |
|
|
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Sep 2023 |
| Bug |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Sep 2023 |
| Annoy and bother |
|
|
| Annoy or irritate |
|
|
| Annoy, irritate |
The Times Concise |
04 Aug 2023 |
| Annoy |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2023 |
| Nettle |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jul 2023 |
| Bother a lot |
|
|
| Tick off |
New York Times |
25 Jul 2023 |
| Irritate |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2023 |
| Tick off or irritate |
|
|
| Vex |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Annoy |
USA Today |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jul 2023 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Bug someone |
|
|
| Annoy |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Aggravate |
Newsday |
16 Jun 2023 |
| Peeve |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Jun 2023 |
| Extremely annoy |
|
|
| Annoy terribly |
Family Time |
28 May 2023 |
| Bug to no end |
|
|
| Really bug |
USA Today |
22 May 2023 |
| Bug |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2023 |
| Greatly bother |
|
|
| Annoy |
USA Today |
08 May 2023 |
| Aggravate or pester |
Family Time |
07 May 2023 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Apr 2023 |
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Tick off |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2023 |
| Rankle |
Premier Sunday |
23 Apr 2023 |
| Annoy greatly |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| Annoy |
Universal |
22 Mar 2023 |
| Annoy or irritate |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Cause great annoyance to |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Drive up the wall |
Family Time |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Get on the nerves of |
|
|
| Annoy |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2023 |
| Tick off |
New York Times |
30 Jan 2023 |
| Irritate immensely |
|
|
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jan 2023 |
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Annoy greatly |
|
|
| Vex |
Universal |
27 Dec 2022 |
| Bug a great deal |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Get on the nerves |
|
|
| Bother |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2022 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Dec 2022 |
| Really annoy |
|
|
| Annoy |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2022 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Vex |
New York Times |
09 Nov 2022 |
| Annoy or irritate |
|
|
| Aggravate |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2022 |
| Tickle the wrong way |
|
|
| Bug |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Oct 2022 |
| Really annoy |
|
|
| Annoy |
Canadiana |
19 Sep 2022 |
| To provoke someone |
|
|
| Vex |
Universal |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Miff |
Universal |
01 Sep 2022 |
| Bug |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Get on the nerves |
|
|
| Provoke someone |
|
|
| Annoy or irritate |
|
|
| Peeve |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2022 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
02 Aug 2022 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Exasperate |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2022 |
| Annoy |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jul 2022 |
| Pester |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2022 |
| Needle |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2022 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Jun 2022 |
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 May 2022 |
| Annoy or irritate |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 May 2022 |
| Annoy, irritate |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 May 2022 |
| Annoy or irritate someone |
|
|
| Ruffle someone's feathers |
|
|
| Pester greatly |
|
|
| Aggravate |
Universal |
27 Apr 2022 |
| Annoy |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
13 Apr 2022 |
| Bug |
The Washington Post |
13 Apr 2022 |
| Bug |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2022 |
| Annoy |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2022 |
| Really annoy |
|
|
| Peeve |
Family Time |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
27 Feb 2022 |
| Irritate |
USA Today |
21 Feb 2022 |
| Tick off |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2022 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2022 |
| Irritate, vex |
Irish Times Simplex |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Irritate greatly |
|
|
| Tick off |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Jan 2022 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jan 2022 |
| Annoy |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Bother a lot |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2021 |
| Aggravate |
Universal |
05 Dec 2021 |
| Nettle |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Nov 2021 |
| Bother greatly |
|
|
| To irritate someone |
|
|
| Annoy |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Bug big-time |
|
|
| Tick off |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2021 |
| Vex |
Universal |
01 Oct 2021 |
| Gnaw at |
Universal |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Sep 2021 |
| Cause great irritation to |
|
|
| Annoy |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Annoy |
The Washington Post |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Severely annoy |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Annoy and bother |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Discommode |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Get under one's skin |
|
|
| Get to |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Annoy |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Aug 2021 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Annoy |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Nettle |
Universal |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Get on someone's nerves |
Family Time |
04 Jul 2021 |
| Get on the nerves |
|
|
| Get on one's nerves |
|
|
| Get under one's skin |
|
|
| Get on the nerves of |
|
|
| Annoy severely |
|
|
| To provoke someone |
|
|
| Get on someone's nerves |
|
|
| Provoke someone |
|
|
| Irritate |
USA Today |
08 Feb 2021 |
| Bother greatly |
|
|
| Ruffle feathers |
Family Time |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Irritate |
The Times Concise |
22 Jan 2021 |
| Ruffle some feathers |
|
|
| Get to |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Irritate |
|
|
| Annoy or anger someone |
|
|
| Bother |
Universal |
05 Dec 2020 |
| Annoy to bits |
|
|
| Aggravate or annoy |
|
|
| To provoke someone |
|
|
| Put out |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2020 |
| Gall |
Canadiana |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Really bug |
Premier Sunday |
04 Oct 2020 |
| Rile |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2020 |
| Annoy when spilling kir |
|
|
| Make angry |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Vex |
The Washington Post |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Rile |
Premier Sunday |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Get on one's nerves |
|
|
| Cause great vexation to |
|
|
| Get on the nerves |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Tick off |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2020 |
| Tick off |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Ruffle the feathers of |
Universal |
27 Jun 2020 |
| Really rile |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Tick off |
|
|
| Peeve |
Newsday |
29 May 2020 |
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Get under one's skin, say |
|
|
| Get under one's skin |
|
|
| Annoy |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2020 |
| Bug or annoy |
|
|
| Pique |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Apr 2020 |
| Bother a lot |
|
|
| Annoy greatly |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Stuck in chair — knitting needle |
|
|
| Bother a lot |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Get on one's nerves |
|
|
| Vex |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Dec 2019 |
| Irritate |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Dec 2019 |
| Annoy |
Family Time |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Bother a great deal |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2019 |
| Bother a great deal |
The Washington Post |
14 Nov 2019 |
| Annoy |
|
|
| Vex |
Universal |
04 Nov 2019 |
| Test the patience of |
|
|
| Bother a lot |
|
|
| Cause great vexation to |
|
|
| Irritate greatly, say |
|
|
| Rankle |
Newsday |
17 Oct 2019 |
| Really bug |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Really bug |
The Washington Post |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Annoy; irritate |
The Times Concise |
14 Oct 2019 |
| Bug |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2019 |
| Annoy |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Sep 2019 |
| Vex |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Sep 2019 |
| Annoy and bother |
|
|
| Grate on |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Get on someone's nerves |
|
|
| Really ruffle |
Premier Sunday |
21 Jul 2019 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jul 2019 |
| Bug big-time |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Bother a lot |
|
|
| Get at |
The Times Concise |
16 Jun 2019 |
| Get on one's nerve |
|
|
| Annoy |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2019 |
| Tick off |
Premier Sunday |
26 May 2019 |
| Roof blown from church, upset |
|
|
| Nettle |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Try the patience of |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2019 |
| Cause to groan, maybe |
New York Times |
13 Apr 2019 |
| Annoy |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2019 |
| Get on the nerves |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Cause great vexation to |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Mar 2019 |
| Be a pain to |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2019 |
| Rub the wrong way |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2019 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Rankle |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Rub the wrong way |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2019 |
| Irritate greatly |
|
|
| Severely annoy |
|
|
| Rankle |
Premier Sunday |
27 Jan 2019 |
| Rub the wrong way |
Universal |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Irritate |
Family Time |
07 Jan 2019 |
| Tick off |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2019 |
| To tick someone off |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Rankle |
|
|
| Cause to groan, maybe |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Really bug |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Bug to no end |
|
|
| Bug big-time |
|
|
| Be a pain to |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Nettle |
New York Times |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Bother and irritate |
|
|
| To provoke someone or irritate them |
|
|
| To irritate someone |
|
|
| Bug to no end |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2018 |
| Rankle |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Annoy or bug excessively |
|
|
| Annoy or irritate someone |
|
|
| Grate on |
Universal |
04 Nov 2018 |
| Bug quite a bit |
Family Time |
29 Oct 2018 |
| Annoy |
The Washington Post |
21 Oct 2018 |
| Irritate, vex |
Irish Times Simplex |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Perturb |
Universal |
26 Sep 2018 |
| Vex or annoy |
|
|
| Tick off |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2018 |
| Get under one's skin |
Universal |
13 Sep 2018 |
| Get under one's skin, say |
|
|
| Annoy immensely |
|
|
| Be a nuisance to |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2018 |
| Annoy |
The Times Concise |
22 Jul 2018 |
| Greatly annoy someone |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Be a pain |
Universal |
23 Jun 2018 |
| Bug |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Bug |
The Washington Post |
01 Jun 2018 |
| Bug |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2018 |
| Miff |
Wall Street Journal |
03 May 2018 |
| Provoke |
|
|
| Exasperate |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Annoy someone |
|
|
| Really annoy |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Annoy |
Canadiana |
12 Feb 2018 |
| Cause to be angry |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Bug |
New York Times |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Provoke |
Universal |
03 Feb 2018 |
| Bug big-time |
|
|
| Get to |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Rub the wrong way |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2018 |
| Bother or irritate |
Family Time |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Irritate |
|
|
| Tickoff |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Get under one's skin |
|
|
| Be wearisome to |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Bug |
|
|
| Be wearisome to |
|
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| Provoke |
|
|
| Perturb |
|
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| Grate on |
|
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| Tick off |
|
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| Be a nuisance to |
|
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| Rub the wrong way |
|
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| Be a pain |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Miff |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Nettle |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Dec 2017 |
| Bother |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Dec 2017 |
| Provoke or irritate |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Exasperate |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2017 |
| Get to |
The Washington Post |
14 Oct 2017 |
| Rankle |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Oct 2017 |
| Get to |
LA Times Daily |
14 Oct 2017 |
| Irritate, or anger |
|
|
| Irritate |
The Washington Post |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Irritate |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Annoy or anger someone |
|
|
| Nettle |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Sep 2017 |
| To provoke someone |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Chafe |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2017 |
| Annoy |
|
|
| Aggravate |
Family Time |
02 Jul 2017 |
| Ruffle the feathers of |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2017 |
| Bug a lot |
Newsday |
15 Jun 2017 |
| To provoke someone or irritate them |
|
|
| Be a pest |
Universal |
11 Jun 2017 |
| Bug big-time |
The Washington Post |
10 Jun 2017 |
| Bug big-time |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2017 |
| To annoy or exasperate someone |
|
|
| To really bother someone |
|
|
| Bug a lot |
Premier Sunday |
28 May 2017 |
| Incense from Scottish church, not the first |
|
|
| Get under the skin of |
USA Today |
26 May 2017 |
| Bedevil |
Newsday |
13 May 2017 |
| Get on one's nerves |
|
|
| Really bug |
USA Today |
07 May 2017 |
| Annoy |
|
|
| Rankle |
Universal |
01 Apr 2017 |
| Get on the nerves of |
|
|
| Annoy |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Mar 2017 |
| Be a pesterer |
Family Time |
06 Mar 2017 |
| Bother |
Jonesin |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Irritate |
Premier Sunday |
26 Feb 2017 |
| Rub the wrong way |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
24 Feb 2017 |
| Tick off |
The Washington Post |
14 Jan 2017 |
| Bug to distraction |
Universal |
02 Jan 2017 |
| Be a pest |
|
|
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| Really bug |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Ruffle the feathers of |
|
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| Get to |
|
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| Bug big-time |
|
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| Try the patience of |
|
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| Rankle |
|
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| Rub the wrong way |
|
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| Bug to distraction |
|
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| Chafe |
|
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| Drive to distraction |
Family Time |
12 Dec 2016 |
| Drive up the wall |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2016 |
| Exasperate |
Universal |
19 Nov 2016 |
| Severely annoy |
The Times Concise |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Tick off |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Get under the skin of |
The Washington Post |
13 Oct 2016 |
| Aggravate |
Universal |
08 Sep 2016 |
| Needle |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Tee off |
USA Today |
16 Aug 2016 |
| Irritate |
Canadiana |
25 Jul 2016 |
| Bother |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2016 |
| Annoy or irritate |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Jul 2016 |
| Peeve |
The Washington Post |
25 Jun 2016 |
| Rile |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2016 |
| Bug big-time |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2016 |
| Annoy |
USA Today |
31 May 2016 |
| Perturb |
Wall Street Journal |
23 May 2016 |
| Annoy |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 May 2016 |
| Chafe |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2016 |
| Tick off |
Universal |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Really bother |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Exasperate |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2016 |
| Aggravate |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2016 |
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Bug big-time |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
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| Needle |
|
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| Bother |
|
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| Rile |
|
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| Tee off |
|
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| Aggravate |
|
|
| Grate on |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Dec 2015 |
| Bother |
Family Time |
13 Dec 2015 |
| Pique |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2015 |
| Really get to |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2015 |
| Make upset |
USA Today |
11 Nov 2015 |
| Irritate |
New York Times |
27 Oct 2015 |
| Vex |
Newsday |
22 Oct 2015 |
| Vex |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2015 |
| Get disgruntled |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2015 |
| Get under the skin of |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Rankle |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2015 |
| Miff |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2015 |
| Irritate; annoy |
The Times Concise |
04 Aug 2015 |
| Vex |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Jun 2015 |
| Really annoy |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Irritate |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Apr 2015 |
| Vex |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2015 |
| Go against one's grain |
Universal |
14 Mar 2015 |
| Bother a lot |
LA Times Daily |
09 Mar 2015 |
| Tee off |
New York Times |
18 Feb 2015 |
| Vex |
Premier Sunday |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Perturb |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2015 |
| Vex, annoy or irritate |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
11 Jan 2015 |
| Annoy |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jan 2015 |
| Make angry |
Universal |
03 Jan 2015 |
| Tick off |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Bother a lot |
|
|
| Rankle |
|
|
| Really annoy |
|
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| Vex |
|
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| Annoy |
|
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| Get disgruntled |
|
|
| Perturb |
|
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| Really get to |
|
|
| Vex |
|
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| Miff |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Aggravate |
|
|
| Go against one's grain |
|
|
| Make angry |
|
|
| Tee off |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Pique |
|
|
| Make upset |
|
|
| Grate on |
|
|
| Drive bananas |
|
|
| Bother greatly |
|
|
| Really bug |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Bother the heck out of |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Really pester |
|
|
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Gall |
|
|
| Aggravate |
|
|
| Aggravate |
|
|
| Aggravate |
|
|
| Perturb |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Bug a lot |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Make mad |
|
|
| Gall |
|
|
| Raise one's hackles |
|
|
| Bug or annoy |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
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| Vex |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
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| Peeve |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Put out |
|
|
| Get to |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Rankle |
|
|
| Bother the heck out of |
|
|
| Rattle one's cage |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Really get to |
|
|
| Perturb |
|
|
| Drive up the wall |
|
|
| Bug greatly |
|
|
| Needle |
|
|
| Get to |
|
|
| Gall |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Grate on |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Drive up the wall, so to speak |
|
|
| Miff |
|
|
| Make angry |
|
|
| Discommode |
|
|
| Really get to |
|
|
| Miff |
|
|
| Drive up the wall, so to speak |
|
|
| Make peeved |
|
|
| Piss off |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Get on the nerves of |
|
|
| Aggravate |
|
|
| Tee off |
|
|
| Get one's goat |
|
|
| Ruffle |
|
|
| Test the patience of |
|
|
| Rankle |
|
|
| Pester |
|
|
| Rankle |
|
|
| Drive up the wall |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Perturb |
|
|
| See 23-Across |
|
|
| Test the patience of |
|
|
| Bug like a 24-Down |
|
|
| Bug like a 24-Down |
|
|
| Drive up the wall |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Grate on |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Drive to distraction |
|
|
| Get to |
|
|
| Miff |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2009 |
| Miff |
|
|
| Rile up |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Get on one's nerves |
|
|
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Rile up |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Do some button-pushing, so to speak |
|
|
| Peeve |
|
|
| Get under one's skin |
|
|
| Do some button-pushing, so to speak |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Rankle |
|
|
| Discommode |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Get to |
|
|
| Rankle |
|
|
| Perturb |
|
|
| Drive bananas |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Get on one's nerves |
|
|
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Miff |
|
|
| Bug a bit |
|
|
| Stick in one's craw |
|
|
| Be a thorn in the side of |
|
|
| Tee off |
|
|
| Put out |
|
|
| Peeve |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Get under one's skin |
|
|
| Rile |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Make upset |
|
|
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Get on the nerves of |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Raise one's hackles |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| It may be in front of some |
|
|
| Be a thorn in the side of |
|
|
| Grate on |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Miff |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Miff |
|
|
| Gall |
|
|
| Tee off |
|
|
| Really ruffle |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Stick in one's craw |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Peeve |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Rankle |
|
|
| Gall |
|
|
| Peeve |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Grate on |
|
|
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Ruffle the feathers of |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Anger |
|
|
| Peeve |
|
|
| Stick in one's craw |
|
|
| Chafe |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Aggravate |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Tee off |
|
|
| Get to |
|
|
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Put in a pet |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Inflame |
|
|
| Drive up the wall |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Go against the grain |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Peeve |
|
|
| Get one's goat |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Tee off |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Ruffle |
|
|
| Drive bananas |
|
|
| Badger |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Get one's goat |
|
|
| Run afoul of |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Provoke |
|
|
| Provoke |
|
|
| Trouble |
|
|
| Pique |
|
|
| Raise one's hackles |
|
|
| Get one's goat |
|
|
| Trouble |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Provoke |
|
|
| Be a pain |
|
|
| Set off |
|
|
| Get on one's nerves |
|
|
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Get on one's nerves |
|
|
| Put in a pet |
|
|
| Pique |
|
|
| Gravel |
|
|
| Get under one's skin |
|
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| Vex |
|
|
| Bore |
|
|
| Tire |
|
|
| Wear on |
|
|
| Irritate. |
|
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| Weary. |
|
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| Trouble. |
|
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| Annoy. |
|
|
| Provoke. |
|
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| Bother. |
|
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| Bore. |
|
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| Nettle. |
|
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| Rile up |
|
|
| Vex. |
|
|
| Miff |
|
|
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| Make tired. |
|
|
| Make uneasy. |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Annoy persistently. |
|
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| Get under the skin |
|
|