| What would bring nurse into the school, observing all heads? (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 31 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Baby lice | Commuter | 11 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Lousy little things |  |  | 
          
            | Small criticisms | USA Today | 08 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Minor criticisms | Universal | 07 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Little lice or other parasites |  |  | 
          
            | Minor complaints to "pick" | USA Today | 06 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Small criticisms that can be "picked" | USA Today | 18 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Minor criticisms | Thomas Joseph | 15 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Eggs you don't want | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 12 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Little lice | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Little lice | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 14 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | What are the eggs or young form of head lice? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Baby lice | Commuter | 31 May 2025 | 
          
            | Louse eggs | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 27 May 2025 | 
          
            | Small criticisms | LA Times Daily | 26 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Petty quibbles | Newsday | 25 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Possible cause of an itchy head | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 02 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Lice eggs (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny complaints | Premier Sunday | 16 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Lice-to-be | New York Times | 07 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Trivial things to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Quibblers pick them |  |  | 
          
            | Baby lice | Commuter | 31 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | Newsday | 22 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Luminance units |  |  | 
          
            | In audition, furrows ... finding lice (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Little complaints | Universal | 25 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Head lice eggs, young (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Little complaints | LA Times Daily | 26 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Lousy problems? | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 19 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Eggs of insects |  |  | 
          
            | Trivial points | Newsday | 06 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Petty complaints | Newsday | 16 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Headlice eggs (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Little lice | Eugene Sheffer | 28 May 2024 | 
          
            | Little quibbles | USA Today | 23 May 2024 | 
          
            | Fools; tins (anag.) |  |  | 
          
            | Little things than can be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Trivial criticisms | USA Today | 05 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Some broken IT, school head's problem (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Mickey Mouse matters | Newsday | 23 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Minor objections | Newsday | 21 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Lice-to-be | Commuter | 12 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Minor shortcomings | Universal | 01 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Bug eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Small problems |  |  | 
          
            | Eggs with awful smell almost picked up |  |  | 
          
            | Petty complaints | Newsday | 10 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Petty quibbles | Universal | 31 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Louse eggs | The Times Concise | 21 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | Wall Street Journal | 28 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Tiny complaints | Universal | 15 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Problems picky people pick | LA Times Daily | 11 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Petty criticisms | Universal | 08 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Trifling quibbles | Wall Street Journal | 29 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Minor criticisms | New York Times | 26 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Minor criticisms | LA Times Daily | 25 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | They're picked pedantically | Universal | 01 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Small complaints | New York Times | 10 May 2023 | 
          
            | Trivial details | Newsday | 27 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Trivial criticisms | New York Times | 25 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Things to carp about | Universal | 15 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Minor complaints | LA Times Daily | 05 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Small complaints | USA Today | 09 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Tiny faults | New York Times | 23 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Petty complaints | Newsday | 08 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | LA Times Daily | 08 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Trivia | Newsday | 17 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | ___ to pick (minor complaints) | USA Today | 15 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Little lice | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Petty gripes | LA Times Daily | 09 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Little quibbles | Universal | 07 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Small complaints | Universal | 30 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Minor criticisms | Wall Street Journal | 16 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | They're picked by the picky | New York Times | 17 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Trivial complaints | Newsday | 10 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Small knocks | New York Times | 19 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Quibbles that are 'picked' | USA Today | 13 May 2022 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | Eugene Sheffer | 13 May 2022 | 
          
            | Minor complaints | USA Today | 12 May 2022 | 
          
            | Little quibbles | USA Today | 06 May 2022 | 
          
            | Trivial matters | Newsday | 03 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Quibbles | LA Times Daily | 19 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Quibbles | The Washington Post | 19 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Petty criticisms | USA Today | 29 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Small quibbles | USA Today | 24 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Little lice | Eugene Sheffer | 29 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | Eugene Sheffer | 17 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Tiny carps | New York Times | 16 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Pedants' pickings | The Washington Post | 09 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Pedants' pickings | LA Times Daily | 09 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Little lices |  |  | 
          
            | Louse-y little bugs | Family Time | 27 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Nasty infestation tormenting scalps, primarily! |  |  | 
          
            | Things of little consequence | LA Times Daily | 27 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Things of little consequence | The Washington Post | 27 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Little lice | Eugene Sheffer | 16 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | Newsday | 02 May 2021 | 
          
            | Small grievances | The Washington Post | 04 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Small grievances | LA Times Daily | 04 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Small quibbles | Universal | 01 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Shock problem isn't resolved |  |  | 
          
            | They may be picked | Universal | 04 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Small complaints to 'pick' | USA Today | 11 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Things to pick | The Washington Post | 04 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Things to pick | LA Times Daily | 04 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Little lice | Eugene Sheffer | 27 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Minor criticisms | USA Today | 10 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Minor bones to pick | Jonesin | 09 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Pedantic objections | The Washington Post Sunday | 26 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Trivial complaints | Newsday | 24 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Tiny quibbles | USA Today | 26 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Petty peeves | The Washington Post | 09 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Petty peeves | LA Times Daily | 09 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Trifling quibbles | Wall Street Journal | 05 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Minor gripes | USA Today | 11 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Infestation of children, it seems? |  |  | 
          
            | Small criticisms | New York Times | 15 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Small criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Insignificant points | LA Times Daily | 04 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Insignificant points | The Washington Post | 04 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Minor annoying issues | New York Times | 28 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Tiny complaints | LA Times Daily | 22 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Tiny complaints | The Washington Post | 22 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Trivial points | Newsday | 20 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | What a picky person picks | Universal | 20 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Picky details | LA Times Daily | 09 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Picky details | The Washington Post | 09 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Trivial objections | New York Times | 21 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Petty complaints | Newsday | 19 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Fools from 6 counties with borders on Thames |  |  | 
          
            | Petty gripes | USA Today | 08 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Picayune things to pick | The Washington Post Sunday | 03 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Petty criticisms | The Washington Post Sunday | 10 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Minor complaints | Wall Street Journal | 04 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Minor complaints |  |  | 
          
            | They're picked by the picky | Wall Street Journal | 14 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Little lice or other parasites |  |  | 
          
            | Petty criticisms | New York Times | 09 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Tiny complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Petty gripes |  |  | 
          
            | They're picked by the picky |  |  | 
          
            | Minor annoying issues |  |  | 
          
            | Insignificant points |  |  | 
          
            | Picky details |  |  | 
          
            | What a picky person picks |  |  | 
          
            | Petty criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Trivial objections |  |  | 
          
            | Minor complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Small peeves | Premier Sunday | 23 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Minor criticisms | Thomas Joseph | 22 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Petty things to pick | Universal | 29 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Head lice | The Telegraph Quick | 14 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Picky person's quibbles | The Washington Post Sunday | 11 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | One's scratching head due to these, perhaps | The Telegraph Toughie | 09 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Picky details | Universal | 18 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Minor bones to pick | Universal | 16 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Trifling criticisms | Universal | 28 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Quibbles | LA Times Daily | 27 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Quibbles | The Washington Post | 27 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Petty complaints | USA Today | 13 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Lousy eggs? | Universal | 22 May 2018 | 
          
            | What fuddy-duddies pick | Universal | 07 May 2018 | 
          
            | Things picked by picky people | USA Today | 26 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | What pedants pick | The Washington Post Sunday | 21 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Minor points | The Washington Post | 05 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Minor points | LA Times Daily | 05 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Things picked by picky people |  |  | 
          
            | Petty complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Lousy eggs? |  |  | 
          
            | What fuddy-duddies pick |  |  | 
          
            | Petty things to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Quibbles |  |  | 
          
            | Petty peeves |  |  | 
          
            | Minor points |  |  | 
          
            | Trifling criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Minor bones to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Picky details |  |  | 
          
            | Minor criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Trivial details | Newsday | 03 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | What faultfinders pick | USA Today | 25 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Things faultfinders pick | New York Times | 04 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Complaint units you pick? | Universal | 25 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Picked complaints? | Universal | 21 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Pettifogger's points | Newsday | 19 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | "Picked" complaints | USA Today | 21 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Trivial criticisms | Wall Street Journal | 15 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Petty quibbles | Newsday | 07 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Small complaints | Wall Street Journal | 27 May 2017 | 
          
            | By the sound of it, binds a possible reason for irritation? |  |  | 
          
            | Picky, insignificant criticisms | Universal | 08 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Cavils | New York Times | 04 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Minor complaints | The Washington Post | 26 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Things faultfinders pick |  |  | 
          
            | Cavils |  |  | 
          
            | Complaint units you pick? |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny peeves | Premier Sunday | 01 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Picked complaints? |  |  | 
          
            | What faultfinders pick |  |  | 
          
            | "Picked" complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Quibbles | Wall Street Journal | 28 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Minor criticisms | Universal | 21 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | What annoying people pick | Universal | 16 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Minor criticisms | Wall Street Journal | 26 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Quibbles | New York Times | 01 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Trifling criticisms | LA Times Daily | 01 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Trifles | LA Times Daily | 09 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Picky criticisms | Universal | 28 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Minor quibbles | The Washington Post | 25 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Lice-to-be | Universal | 04 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | What some unfortunately have in their hair, idiots! | The Telegraph Cryptic | 25 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Minor complaints | Universal | 22 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Individuals scratching head – because of these? |  |  | 
          
            | Unimportant particulars | Newsday | 20 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | 'You're missing a comma' and others | New York Times | 03 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Quibbles |  |  | 
          
            | What annoying people pick |  |  | 
          
            | Picky criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Minor criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | "You're missing a comma" and others |  |  | 
          
            | Trifling criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Trifles |  |  | 
          
            | Petty criticisms | The Washington Post | 12 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Eggs; stupid people | The Times Concise | 12 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Future lice | Premier Sunday | 20 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Head louse eggs | The Guardian Quick | 05 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Pesky insects | Universal | 26 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Pesky insects | USA Today | 06 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Lousy eggs? | New York Times | 17 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Small carps | Universal | 13 May 2015 | 
          
            | They may be picked | USA Today | 30 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Small carps |  |  | 
          
            | Trivial criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Lousy eggs? |  |  | 
          
            | Petty criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Future lice |  |  | 
          
            | They may be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Pesky insects |  |  | 
          
            | Pesky insects |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Causes of a lousy hair day? |  |  | 
          
            | Little lice |  |  | 
          
            | Little flaws |  |  | 
          
            | Trivial details |  |  | 
          
            | Lousy eggs? |  |  | 
          
            | Parasitic insects |  |  | 
          
            | Picky criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Faultfinder's finds |  |  | 
          
            | Immature parasites |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Insect eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Trifling criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Immature parasites |  |  | 
          
            | Louse eggs |  |  | 
          
            | What the picky pick |  |  | 
          
            | Small lice |  |  | 
          
            | Things to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Minor quibbles |  |  | 
          
            | Small complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Louse eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Trivial details |  |  | 
          
            | Insect eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Baby bugs |  |  | 
          
            | Causes of some head scratching |  |  | 
          
            | Small complaints that are "picked" |  |  | 
          
            | Minuscule issues |  |  | 
          
            | Small complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny carps |  |  | 
          
            | What picky people pick |  |  | 
          
            | Cavils |  |  | 
          
            | Cavils |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny lice |  |  | 
          
            | Minor quibbles |  |  | 
          
            | Quibbles |  |  | 
          
            | Unimportant details |  |  | 
          
            | Insignificant quibbles |  |  | 
          
            | Baby buggies? |  |  | 
          
            | Future lice |  |  | 
          
            | Lousy complaints? |  |  | 
          
            | Parasitic insect young |  |  | 
          
            | Minor shortcomings |  |  | 
          
            | Trivial pursuits |  |  | 
          
            | Cavils |  |  | 
          
            | Small complaints that are "picked" |  |  | 
          
            | Minor quibbles |  |  | 
          
            | Head infestation |  |  | 
          
            | Petty criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | What the particular pick |  |  | 
          
            | Things to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Niggling things |  |  | 
          
            | "Picked" complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Young lice |  |  | 
          
            | "Picked" complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Niggling things |  |  | 
          
            | Young parasites |  |  | 
          
            | Young versions of 53-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Critic's picks? |  |  | 
          
            | Picky person's points |  |  | 
          
            | Things to pick |  |  | 
          
            | What picky people pick |  |  | 
          
            | Faultfinders pick them |  |  | 
          
            | Little lice |  |  | 
          
            | Small carps |  |  | 
          
            | Faultfinder's finds |  |  | 
          
            | Picked things |  |  | 
          
            | Insect eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Little lice |  |  | 
          
            | They may be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Little lice |  |  | 
          
            | Eggs of a parasitic insect |  |  | 
          
            | Carping subjects |  |  | 
          
            | Things to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Louse eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Quibbles |  |  | 
          
            | Carping subjects |  |  | 
          
            | Slim pickings? |  |  | 
          
            | Lice-to-be |  |  | 
          
            | Small carps |  |  | 
          
            | Insect eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Minor quibbles |  |  | 
          
            | They're picked by faultfinders |  |  | 
          
            | The picky pick them |  |  | 
          
            | Slim pickings? |  |  | 
          
            | Petty criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | They are often picked |  |  | 
          
            | They're picked by faultfinders |  |  | 
          
            | The picky pick them |  |  | 
          
            | Petty criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | Small gripes |  |  | 
          
            | Lice-to-be |  |  | 
          
            | Picky people pick them |  |  | 
          
            | Louse eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Lousy deposits? |  |  | 
          
            | Picking ___ with |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny criticisms |  |  | 
          
            | They may be picked |  |  | 
          
            | What picky people pick |  |  | 
          
            | Oft-picked things? |  |  | 
          
            | Minor complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Parasitic insect young |  |  | 
          
            | Picked points |  |  | 
          
            | British bozos |  |  | 
          
            | Picked points |  |  | 
          
            | Certain insect eggs |  |  | 
          
            | What picky people pick |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny complaints |  |  | 
          
            | British bozos |  |  | 
          
            | They're sometimes picked |  |  | 
          
            | Dummkopfs, in Derby |  |  | 
          
            | Picky people pick them |  |  | 
          
            | Young parasites |  |  | 
          
            | Minor shortcomings |  |  | 
          
            | These may be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Small criticisms, slangily |  |  | 
          
            | Dummkopfs, in Derby |  |  | 
          
            | Luminosity measurements |  |  | 
          
            | Coll. hoops contests |  |  | 
          
            | Annual hoops tourneys |  |  | 
          
            | Their parents are parasites |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny lice |  |  | 
          
            | Minor bones to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Dolts, in Dover |  |  | 
          
            | Annual sports contests, for short |  |  | 
          
            | Their parents are parasites |  |  | 
          
            | What the picky pick |  |  | 
          
            | Very minor details |  |  | 
          
            | Head lice |  |  | 
          
            | Little lice |  |  | 
          
            | They may be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Hoops contests since '38 |  |  | 
          
            | They're pickable |  |  | 
          
            | Lousy eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Very minor details |  |  | 
          
            | Lousy eggs |  |  | 
          
            | They may be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Future lice |  |  | 
          
            | Parasitical insects |  |  | 
          
            | Little lice |  |  | 
          
            | Picky folks pick them |  |  | 
          
            | They may be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Debatable trifles |  |  | 
          
            | Their parents are parasites |  |  | 
          
            | Debatable trifles |  |  | 
          
            | Immature parasites |  |  | 
          
            | Insect eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny criticisms that are picked |  |  | 
          
            | They can be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Annual coll. tournaments |  |  | 
          
            | Dolts, in Dover |  |  | 
          
            | Things to pick? |  |  | 
          
            | Lousy eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Insignificant details |  |  | 
          
            | Coll. hoops competitions |  |  | 
          
            | Annual coll. cager tournaments |  |  | 
          
            | Coll. hoops competitions |  |  | 
          
            | They're pickable |  |  | 
          
            | Puny pests |  |  | 
          
            | Insect eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Boneheads, in British slang |  |  | 
          
            | Pesky insects |  |  | 
          
            | Parasitical insects |  |  | 
          
            | Twits, to Brits |  |  | 
          
            | Insect young |  |  | 
          
            | Odious ova |  |  | 
          
            | Basketball tournaments |  |  | 
          
            | Louse eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Trivial pests? |  |  | 
          
            | Tiny imperfections |  |  | 
          
            | Picky people pick them |  |  | 
          
            | Luminous intensity units |  |  | 
          
            | Units of luminous intensity |  |  | 
          
            | Insect eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Parasite eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Insects |  |  | 
          
            | Insect origins. |  |  | 
          
            | Parasite eggs. |  |  | 
          
            | Small prevarications |  |  | 
          
            | Picked things |  |  | 
          
            | Insect eggs. |  |  |