| Exasperating |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Drop two, shirk a few. How annoying! (7) |
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| Shirk something intrinsically tedious (7) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Jul 2025 |
| Annoying or irritating (7) |
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| Annoying smirk one fashioned after leaving note (7) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Being so tedious won't irritate everybody (7) |
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| Finding part of Kirk's omelette is tedious (7) |
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| Trying not to irritate everybody? (7) |
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| Annoying or vexing |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Apr 2025 |
| One reformed smoker irritating |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Irritating as a smoker could be, beside one (7) |
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| Exasperating |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Pesky, annoying |
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| One odd smoker can be annoying (7) |
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| Only apt to annoy a minority? (7) |
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| Annoyingly bothersome |
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| Annoying |
Commuter |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Trying smokier nuts |
The Times Mephisto |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Tedious smoker I put out |
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| Is breakfast to be made regularly? Annoying (7) |
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| Tedious far side of Stromboli, disruptive smoker (7) |
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| Annoying smoker I disturbed (7) |
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| Exasperating |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Jul 2024 |
| SMOKIER |
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| Grating (SMOKIER anagram) (7) |
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| Irritating, making poor Kim sore (7) |
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| Annoying, or Mike's dreadful (7) |
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| Annoying bothersome |
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| One drunken smoker can be tediously annoying (7) |
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| Causing vexation or annoyance (7) |
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| Wearying Ros and Mike getting together distractedly (7) |
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| Run into spoilt oiks this writer finds annoying ... |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Run into spoilt oiks this writer finds annoying ... (7) |
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| One smoker could be annoying (7) |
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| Annoying or vexing |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Oct 2023 |
| One reformed smoker's irritating |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Vexatious |
The Guardian Quick |
03 Aug 2023 |
| Galling |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2023 |
| Exasperating |
Universal |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Vexing one, pranksters at centre in capital city |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Smokier (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Aug 2022 |
| Annoying — tedious |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Jun 2022 |
| Grating, 50 per cent heavy metal, released smoke |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Jun 2022 |
| Vexatious |
Newsday |
14 May 2022 |
| Old tax office work finally getting a little tedious |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 May 2022 |
| Grating |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2022 |
| Trying |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2022 |
| Trying |
The Washington Post |
24 Apr 2022 |
| Annoying |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Apr 2022 |
| Problem announced by Irish king is exasperating |
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| Vexing |
Universal |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Galling |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Mar 2022 |
| Annoying |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2021 |
| At sea, smoker is mostly annoying |
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| At sea, smoker is mostly annoying |
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| Tedious, tiresome |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Smokier mixture is annoying |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Annoying |
The Times Concise |
14 Apr 2021 |
| One smoker reformed is tedious |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Annoying or vexing |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Irish king a few will find exasperating? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Annoying or boring |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Irritating |
The Times Concise |
24 Oct 2020 |
| Irritating |
Premier Sunday |
27 Sep 2020 |
| One finds smoker terribly annoying |
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| Irritating smoker I chewed up |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Aug 2020 |
| One smoker dreadfully annoying |
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| I find smoker unusually annoying |
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| Mini career break, ultimately a little tedious |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 May 2020 |
| Trying high risk city, avoiding capital |
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| Tediously annoying |
The Times Concise |
17 Apr 2020 |
| One drunken smoker irritating |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Apr 2020 |
| Trying Kansas, visiting one city |
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| One smoker, awfully tedious |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Dec 2019 |
| Vexing |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Annoying |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Oct 2019 |
| Really annoying |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2019 |
| Mobile or mikes for bugging |
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| One reformed smoker is irritating |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Apr 2019 |
| Exasperating |
Newsday |
13 Jan 2019 |
| Really annoying |
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| Vexing |
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| Irritating, annoying |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Dec 2018 |
| Annoying |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Annoying |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2018 |
| Trying |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jul 2018 |
| Smokier bombs, irritating |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jul 2018 |
| Irish in the end slack, not everyone trying |
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| Irritating |
New York Times |
08 May 2018 |
| Annoying |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Apr 2018 |
| Exasperating |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2018 |
| Exasperating |
The Washington Post |
27 Mar 2018 |
| Trying |
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| Irritating |
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| Annoying |
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| Annoying |
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| Annoying |
The Washington Post |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Annoying a few, supporting church with no roof |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Sep 2017 |
| Trying one end of cigar — smoke's blown |
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| Annoying |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2017 |
| Douglas maybe missing start -- a little annoying |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Feb 2017 |
| Limitless fire at building, smoke is annoying |
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| Annoying |
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| Annoying |
The Guardian Quick |
06 May 2016 |
| Annoying |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2016 |
| Partial smirk, so memorably tedious |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Feb 2016 |
| Annoying one in front of king and son in capital city |
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| Vexatious |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2015 |
| Annoying one in front of king and son in capital city |
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| Annoying smirk one heartlessly contrived |
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| Annoying |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2015 |
| Nettling |
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| Vexatious |
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| Annoying |
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| It's annoying when church defaced roughly? |
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| I find reformed smoker irritating |
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| Annoying |
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| Annoying |
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| Annoying |
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| Annoying smoker I put out |
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| Irritating |
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| Trying |
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| Trying |
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| Dander-raising |
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| Dander-raising |
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| Annoying |
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| Trying |
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| Exasperating |
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| Like gnats |
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| Pestiferous |
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| Like a gnat |
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| Exasperating |
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| Grating |
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| Like gnats |
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| Annoying |
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| Irritating |
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| Irritating |
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| Exasperating |
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| Vexatious |
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| Exasperating |
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| Aggravating |
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| Vexing |
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| Pestiferous |
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| Exasperating |
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| Tedious |
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| Monotonous. |
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| Annoying |
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| Annoying. |
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| Tedious. |
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