| Causes of head-scratching |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Jun 2026 |
| Head-scratchers? |
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| Pet pests |
New York Times |
05 May 2026 |
| Hair-dwelling parasites |
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| Scalp pests |
Commuter |
18 Mar 2026 |
| They can cause much head scratching |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Mar 2026 |
| Affliction treated with a nit comb |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2026 |
| Cops missing work over bugs (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Jan 2026 |
| Head-scratchers? |
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| Hair pests |
USA Today |
18 Nov 2025 |
| Scalp-bothering pests |
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| Grown-up nits |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Parasites |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Aug 2025 |
| Head-scratchers? |
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| Six-legged parasites |
The Times Concise |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Some public exposure for bloodsuckers (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Scalp-dwelling pests |
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| One of the 10 plagues of Egypt |
New York Times |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Targets of insecticidal shampoo |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2025 |
| Head irritants |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Jun 2025 |
| With which it's lousy, having some public experience (4) |
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| Lawmen remove first two parasites |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 May 2025 |
| Parasitic insects |
Mirror Quick |
16 May 2025 |
| Bad things to bring home from school |
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| Parasites preserved in primeval iceberg? |
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| Grown-up nits |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Lawmen remove first two parasites |
Mirror Cryptic |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Adult nits |
Mirror Quick |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Bugs that live in human hair |
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| Unwanted scalp dwellers |
Universal |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Small parasitic insects (4) |
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| Some epizoa |
New York Times |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Walker is one with no answer for parasites (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Parasites found in central Iceland |
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| Head-scratchers? |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Elementary school nurse's concern |
Universal |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Some sources of typhus |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Hair pests |
Commuter |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Hair pests |
USA Today Quick |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Hair parasites |
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| Grown-up nits |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Dog pests |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Classroom pests |
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| Head bugs |
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| Hair pests |
USA Today Quick |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Parasitic insects |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Head hair hellion |
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| Fib, having caught parasite (4) |
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| Source of some head-scratching |
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| Parasites by follicles |
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| Scalp invaders |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Head-scratchers? |
|
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| Hair pests |
USA Today Quick |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Child's scalp woe |
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| Pet plaguers |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Parasitic insects left very cold water (4) |
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| Left very cold water for insects (4) |
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| Beggar's (sticky seeds) |
|
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| Parasitic insects |
The Times Concise |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Hair-dwelling parasites |
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| Scalp invaders |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Grown-up nits |
Family Time |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Wingless parasites (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Grown-up nits |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Certain parasites |
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| Nits (4) |
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| Hair invaders? |
The Telegraph Mini |
15 May 2024 |
| Head-scratchers? |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Insects which were Egypt's third biblical plague (4) |
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| Problem for an elementary school classroom |
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| Insects that often live in children's hair |
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| Wingless parasitic insects (4) |
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| Nits to pick |
|
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| Scalp bugs |
|
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| Pet pests |
Premier Sunday |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Scalp-trespassing pests |
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| Parasites that invade the skin |
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| Parasites that make one's scalp itch |
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| They'll make you feel lousy! |
Universal |
04 Feb 2024 |
| *Creepy, parasitic scalp crawlers that suck your blood |
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| Parasites left diamonds |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Nits, eg |
Mirror Quick |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Fur-dwelling parasites |
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| Insects that cause head scratching |
Family Time |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Head parasites |
Universal |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Bloodsucking parasitic insects |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Fully grown nits |
Family Time |
13 Mar 2023 |
| Parasites that disturb dogs |
Family Time |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Scalp pests |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2023 |
| Children's head insects |
Family Time |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Scalp-bothering pest |
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| Pests treated with Nix Ultra shampoo |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Tiny parasites |
LA Times Daily |
13 Nov 2022 |
| Head-scratching pests |
Family Time |
16 Oct 2022 |
| Parasitic insects |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Oct 2022 |
| Grown-up nits |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Sep 2022 |
| Dog pests |
Premier Sunday |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Fido's pests |
Premier Sunday |
28 Aug 2022 |
| Vermin |
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| Scalp problem |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Pediculicide target |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Cause of some head scratching |
Wall Street Journal |
07 May 2022 |
| Little parasites that cause head-scratching |
Family Time |
01 May 2022 |
| Nits at a later date |
Family Time |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Bloodsucking parasitic insects |
Family Time |
10 Jan 2022 |
| Cause of a lot of head-scratching? |
Family Time |
09 Jan 2022 |
| Hair-dwelling parasites |
|
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| Grown-up nits |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Tiny parasites in the public eye |
|
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| Cause of a lot of head-scratching |
Family Time |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Causes of some head scratching |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Scalp parasites |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Bugs that school nurses check for |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2021 |
| Vermin |
|
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| Parasites targeted with shampoo |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Scalp woe |
|
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| Bloodsucking insects |
|
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| Parasitic pests |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jun 2021 |
| Some policemen are pests |
|
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| Fabricate story about Tory parasites |
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| Problems that come to a head? |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2021 |
| Targets of certain combs |
Universal |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Reason for some head-scratching? |
Family Time |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Parasitic insects |
The Times Concise |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Bloodsucking insects |
|
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| They may bedevil dogs |
Premier Sunday |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Little suckers |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Parasitic insects that suck |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Adult nits |
USA Today |
08 Jun 2020 |
| Causes of some head scratching |
|
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| Causes of some head scratching |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2020 |
| Tiny parasites in the public eye |
|
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| Fully grown nits |
Family Time |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Evil intent |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Grown-up nits |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Feb 2020 |
| Sheep-dip targets |
|
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| Easily spread parasites |
Universal |
24 Dec 2019 |
| Tiny parasites |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2019 |
| Tiny parasites |
|
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| Head residents? |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2019 |
| Head residents? |
|
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| Deliberately misinforms, I hear, Head Residents |
|
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| Whopper |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2019 |
| Subject of a school nurse's inspection |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2019 |
| Parasites left with diamonds |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Blood-sucking insects |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Bothersome bugs |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2019 |
| Pests for a puppy |
Universal |
21 Jun 2019 |
| Bothersome bugs |
|
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| Unwanted scalp dwellers |
Universal |
04 Jun 2019 |
| Wingless pests |
|
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| Head pests |
Universal |
02 Jan 2019 |
| Subject of a school nurse's inspection |
|
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| Unwanted scalp dwellers |
|
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| Tiny parasites |
|
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| Bothersome bugs |
|
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| Pests for a puppy |
|
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| Head pests |
|
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| Wingless parasites |
Family Time |
03 Dec 2018 |
| Nits, in time |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2018 |
| Pet pests |
Premier Sunday |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Bloodsucking parasites |
Universal |
13 Aug 2018 |
| Pet peeves? |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Heady pests |
Universal |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Canine woe |
New York Times |
08 May 2018 |
| Tiny parasites |
Universal |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Scalp parasites |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2018 |
| Heady vermin |
Universal |
06 Apr 2018 |
| Wingless bloodsuckers |
Universal |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Vermin |
|
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| Wingless parasites |
|
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| Wingless parasites |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2018 |
| Pet peeves? |
|
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| Nits, in time |
|
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| Parasites on 29-Across |
|
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| Scalp parasites |
|
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| Wingless parasites |
|
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| Causes of some head scratching |
|
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| Canine woe |
|
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| Targets of mayonnaise scalp treatments |
|
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| Bloodsucking parasites |
|
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| Heady pests |
|
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| Heady vermin |
|
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| Tiny parasites |
|
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| Wingless bloodsuckers |
|
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| Minute parasites |
|
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| Minute parasites |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2017 |
| Story about Conservative bloodsuckers |
|
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| Nasty infestation |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Head infestation |
Universal |
30 Jul 2017 |
| Heady pests? |
Universal |
01 Jun 2017 |
| Bugs that bring "ughs" |
Universal |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Insects that cause head-scratching |
Family Time |
06 Feb 2017 |
| Heady pests? |
|
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| Head infestation |
|
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| Bugs that bring "ughs" |
|
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| Minute parasites |
|
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| Scalp parasites |
|
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| Vermin that cause head-scratching |
Universal |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Head infestation |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2016 |
| Cause of much head-scratching |
Universal |
01 Nov 2016 |
| Worrisome subject of some school letters to parents |
|
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| Nits, all grown up |
|
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| Big nits |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2016 |
| Dog pests |
Premier Sunday |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Scalp parasites |
LA Times Daily |
01 Aug 2016 |
| Some parasites |
Universal |
27 Jun 2016 |
| School nurse's bane |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Scalp parasites |
|
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| School nurse's bane |
|
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| Head infestation |
|
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| Some parasites |
|
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| Head parasites |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Hat-borne parasites |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2015 |
| Parasitic insects |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2015 |
| That girl through the looking glass lost her head with what's crawling on top |
|
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| They cause head scratching |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Nits, in time |
Family Time |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Bothersome parasites |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2015 |
| Parasitic insects |
|
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| Bothersome parasites |
|
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| Hat-borne parasites |
|
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| Cooties |
|
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| They cause head scratching |
|
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| Wingless bloodsuckers |
|
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| Children's head pests |
|
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| Small insects |
|
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| Plural of louse |
|
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| Hair irritants |
|
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| Canine problems |
|
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| Targets of a pediculicide |
|
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| Cooties |
|
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| Nit-laying nuisances |
|
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| Head insects |
|
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| Itchy dog's woe |
|
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| Mature nits |
|
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| Small parasites |
|
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| Certain shampoo target |
|
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| Some parasites |
|
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| Subject of some notes sent home to parents by the school nurse |
|
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| Target of a head hunter |
|
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| Tiny pests |
|
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| Some parasites |
|
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| Pet parasites |
|
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| Pooch pests |
|
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| Grade-school infestation |
|
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| They lay nits |
|
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| More than one louse |
|
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| Pet pests |
|
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| Bothersome parasites |
|
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| Layers of nits |
|
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| Dog pests |
|
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| Nasty insects |
|
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| Layers of nits |
|
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| They cause head-scratching? |
|
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| Pet pests |
|
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| Little suckers |
|
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| Adult nits |
|
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| They lay nits |
|
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| Pet pests |
|
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| Grade-schooler's woe |
|
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| Children's head pests |
|
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| Cause of some head-scratching |
|
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| Cause of some head scratching? |
|
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| Head parasites |
|
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| Tiny parasites |
|
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| Grown-up nits |
|
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| Some ectoparasites |
|
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| Hair scare |
|
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| Tiny parasites |
|
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| Wingless parasites |
|
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| Fumigation targets, sometimes |
|
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| Tiny parasites |
|
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| Nitpicker's target |
|
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| Cause of some head scratching? |
|
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| Cause of head-scratching, perhaps |
|
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| Wingless parasites |
|
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| Head residents? |
|
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| Little suckers |
|
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| Pet problem |
|
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| Woe for Fido |
|
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| Cooties |
|
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| Little suckers |
|
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| External parasites |
|
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| Vile insects |
|
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| Small parasites |
|
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| Reason to visit the school nurse |
|
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| Itch producers |
|
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| Pediculicide's target |
|
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| Dog's woe |
|
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| A pox on your locks |
|
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| They cause head scratching |
|
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| One on the Ten Plagues |
|
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| Head case? |
|
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| Some creepy-crawlies |
|
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| Adult nits |
|
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| Head case? |
|
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| Small parasites |
|
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| Scalp misery |
|
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| Cause of some head scratching |
|
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| External parasites |
|
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| Tiny insects |
|
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| They cause head scratching |
|
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| Nit layers |
|
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| Nit layers |
|
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| Canine pests |
|
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| Canine pests |
|
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| Dog bane |
|
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| Dog bane |
|
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| They lay nits |
|
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| Canine pests |
|
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| Tiny biting insects |
|
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| Hair scare |
|
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| Parasitic pests |
|
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| Infestation with them is called pediculosis |
|
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| Head case? |
|
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| Parasitic insects |
|
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| Mature nits |
|
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| Fully grown nits |
|
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| Parasitic insects |
|
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| Head case? |
|
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| Cause of some head-scratching |
|
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| Parasitic insects |
|
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| Parasites |
|
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| Parasitic bugs |
|
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| Vile insects |
|
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| Dog pests |
|
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| Parasites that disturb dogs |
|
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| Dog bane |
|
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| Head hunters? |
|
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| Adult nits |
|
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| Parasitic insects |
|
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| Plant pests |
|
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| Head dread |
|
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| Dog problem |
|
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| Cooties |
|
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| Grown nits |
|
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| Beggar's-___ (prickly plant) |
|
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| Plant ___ (aphids) |
|
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| Disgusting insects |
|
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| Parasitic insects |
|
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| Bloodsucking parasites |
|
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| Dog bane |
|
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| Tiny parasites |
|
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| Cooties |
|
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| Dog woe |
|
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| Small parasites |
|
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| Nits, eventually |
|
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| Cooties |
|
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| Wingless blood-suckers |
|
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| Cause of some head scratching |
|
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| Little parasites |
|
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| Little suckers |
|
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| Trouble with dirty locks |
|
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| Obnoxious types |
|
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| Obnoxious types |
|
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| Hair-y pests |
|
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| Cooties |
|
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| Head-hunter's prey? |
|
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| Some ectozoa |
|
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| Vermin |
|
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| Wingless parasites |
|
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| Parasitical insects |
|
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| Parasites |
|
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| Aphids |
|
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| Aphids |
|
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| Plant __ (aphids) |
|
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| Dog problem |
|
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| Contemptible types |
|
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| Small parasites |
|
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| Wingless suckers |
|
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| Plural of louse |
|
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| Head hunters' targets |
|
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| Beggar's-___ (sticky seeds) |
|
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| Small suckers |
|
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| "The Little Green Ones," to H.C. Andersen |
|
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| Disgusting insects |
|
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| Ugh bugs |
|
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| Parasites |
|
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| Case for a vet |
|
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| Sow bugs |
|
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| Book eaters |
|
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| Insects |
|
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| Parasitic insects |
|
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| Contemptible ones |
|
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| Pests |
|
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