| Annoyance |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Irritate |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Pet ___ |
|
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| Hope everyone catches bug |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Irk |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Nettle |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Cause of annoyance |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Tick off |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Pet ___ (source of annoyance) |
|
|
| Pet ___ |
Universal |
30 May 2025 |
| Ongoing annoyance |
Newsday |
25 May 2025 |
| Penny, English girl, to irritate (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 May 2025 |
| Often follows pet getting exercise with First Lady |
|
|
| Irritate |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Annoyance |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Offend |
The Telegraph Mini |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Loud chewing or talking during a movie, e.g. |
New York Times Mini |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Irritate (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Animal expert spending time chasing water bug |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Render peevish |
|
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| Hack off |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful (5) |
|
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| Tape event, partly to annoy (5) |
|
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| Pet grouse? |
|
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| Rankle |
Newsday |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Get on one's naughty list? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
25 Dec 2024 |
| "Pet" annoyance |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Irk |
New York Times |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Irk |
The Telegraph Plusword |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Irritate |
The Telegraph Plusword |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Annoyance |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Pet ___ (bugaboo) |
|
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| Penny, English girl, to irritate (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Irritate first lady after exercises (5) |
|
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| Make fretful |
|
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| Irritate |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Irritate first woman after exercise (5) |
|
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| Pet ___ (irritating topic) |
|
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| Irritate |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Pet ___ |
|
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| Annoy |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Cause annoyance |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Irritate English celeb in retirement (5) |
|
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| Provoke irritate a little (inf) |
|
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| Annoy Penny and Evelyn accepting ecstasy (5) |
|
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| Pet ___ (ongoing annoyance) |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Irk |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Pet ___ (annoyance) |
TV |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Pet ___ (thing that irritates you personally) |
|
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| Source of annoyance or irritation (5) |
|
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| Exercise first mate found an annoyance (5) |
|
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| Penny, English girl, to irritate (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
31 May 2024 |
| Source of irritation |
Family Time |
20 May 2024 |
| Render fretful |
|
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| Bug peerage on vacation with First Lady |
|
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| Features of landscape eventually cause irritation (5) |
|
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| Members hope everything will annoy (5) |
|
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| Pet __ (ongoing annoyance) |
Newsday |
02 Apr 2024 |
| Irritation |
Family Time |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Cause of vexation or irritation |
|
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| Irritate Kamala Harris, say, on retirement before start of election (5) |
|
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| Plea often ignored by girl - that's irritating (5) |
|
|
| Bug? Some believe epidemic's over (5) |
|
|
| Bug? Some believe epidemic's over |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Irritate |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Some red tape eventually will annoy you (5) |
|
|
| First lady gets some exercise. This will annoy you (5) |
|
|
| Pet-ty offense? |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2023 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Pet problem? |
New York Times |
07 Dec 2023 |
| Annoy ancient matriarch carrying apple pal refused |
|
|
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Nov 2023 |
| Texting during a meal, for some |
USA Today |
23 Aug 2023 |
| Pet ___ (annoying topic) |
|
|
| Pet ___ (messy eaters, e.g.) |
|
|
| Annoy Victor, fencing with modified epee |
The Guardian Quiptic |
07 Aug 2023 |
| Irritate |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jul 2023 |
| See 58 Across |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Really annoy |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Irritate |
Thomas Joseph |
16 May 2023 |
| Annoyance |
Wall Street Journal |
08 May 2023 |
| Bother |
Universal |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Pet ___ (annoyance) |
|
|
| 'Pet' annoyance |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Irritate |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Annoyance |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Feb 2023 |
| Minor irritation |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2023 |
| 'Pet' annoyance |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Pet __ (ongoing annoyance) |
Newsday |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Really annoy |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Really annoy |
Family Time |
01 Jan 2023 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Nov 2022 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
24 Sep 2022 |
| "Pet" annoyance |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Source of annoyance |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Pet __ |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2022 |
| Pet __ |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2022 |
| Irk |
Premier Sunday |
31 Jul 2022 |
| Irritate |
The Times Concise |
11 Jul 2022 |
| 'Pet' complaint |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2022 |
| Pet ___ (source of annoyance) |
|
|
| "Pet" annoyance |
Universal |
30 Apr 2022 |
| White House deputy turned up European bug |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Apr 2022 |
| "Pet" follower to mean an annoyance |
|
|
| Annoy first wife after class in gym |
|
|
| Irk |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Feb 2022 |
| Try someone's patience getting card from Cape Verde |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Feb 2022 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
26 Jan 2022 |
| ''Pet'' annoyance |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Irritate or annoy |
Family Time |
23 Jan 2022 |
| 'Pet' irritation |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Vex Gove? |
|
|
| Annoy |
Universal |
04 Sep 2021 |
| Annoyance the day before exercising? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Sep 2021 |
| Sore point |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2021 |
| Really annoy |
Family Time |
22 Aug 2021 |
| "Pet" bone to pick |
Universal |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Hope everyone can contain bug |
|
|
| Irritate |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2021 |
| Pet __ |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2021 |
| Pet __ |
The Washington Post |
23 May 2021 |
| Annoy |
Wall Street Journal |
05 May 2021 |
| Tick off |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Apr 2021 |
| Vexation |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2021 |
| Get annoyed with record turning up the day before |
|
|
| Irritant |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Pet ___ (grievance) |
USA Today |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Be an annoyance to |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Annoyance that may be ''pet'' |
Newsday |
08 Dec 2020 |
| Really bother |
Premier Sunday |
15 Nov 2020 |
| After exercise, lady in bad mood |
|
|
| Irritate |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Bug in water very close to surface |
|
|
| Tick off |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Tick off |
The Washington Post |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Source of irritation |
Universal |
21 Aug 2020 |
| Annoyance |
Newsday |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Irritate |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Pet ___ (annoyance) |
|
|
| Annoyance |
USA Today |
21 May 2020 |
| Grievance leads to volcanic eruption by Jimmy |
|
|
| Hope everyone can suppress discontent |
|
|
| Snipe eventually stuffed with grouse |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Feb 2020 |
| Pet ___ (annoying topic) |
|
|
| ''Pet'' annoyance |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2019 |
| 'Pet' annoyance |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2019 |
| Water vole eviscerated bug |
|
|
| 'Pet' grievance |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2019 |
| To irritate, informally |
|
|
| Get under the skin of |
Universal |
01 Oct 2019 |
| Nettle |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2019 |
| Nettle |
Family Time |
16 Sep 2019 |
| 'Pet' irritation |
The Washington Post |
06 Feb 2019 |
| "Pet" irritation |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Irritant |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2019 |
| Irritant |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2019 |
| Cause of irritation |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2019 |
| Rub the wrong way |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2019 |
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Irritant |
|
|
| Cause of irritation |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| "Pet" grievance |
|
|
| Get under the skin of |
|
|
| "Pet" irritation |
|
|
| Pet __ (ongoing annoyance) |
Newsday |
18 Dec 2018 |
| Minor annoyance |
New York Times |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Exasperate |
Universal |
08 Nov 2018 |
| Complaint |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2018 |
| Complaint |
The Washington Post |
03 Oct 2018 |
| Another word for annoy or irritate |
|
|
| Raise the hackles of |
USA Today |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Irk |
Premier Sunday |
02 Sep 2018 |
| Annoy, irritate |
The Times Concise |
20 Aug 2018 |
| Ruffle the feathers of |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2018 |
| Pet ___ (source of annoyance) |
|
|
| Pet ___ |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2018 |
| Source of annoyance |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2018 |
| Rile |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2018 |
| Grouse mostly favoured the day before festival |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Annoy |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Jan 2018 |
| Penny, English girl, to irritate |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Jan 2018 |
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Raise the hackles of |
|
|
| Ruffle the feathers of |
|
|
| Source of annoyance |
|
|
| Pet ___ |
|
|
| Minor annoyance |
|
|
| Complaint |
|
|
| "Pet" annoyance |
|
|
| "Pet" annoyance |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2017 |
| Annoy first lady recording towards the back |
|
|
| "Pet" irritation |
|
|
| Tick off |
Premier Sunday |
15 Oct 2017 |
| Thorn in one's side |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2017 |
| "Pet" irritation |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2017 |
| Annoy |
|
|
| Source of irritation |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2017 |
| Often one doesn't like it as a pet |
|
|
| Annoy |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 May 2017 |
| Annoy English deputy in US made to return |
The Times Cryptic |
11 May 2017 |
| Annoyance |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2017 |
| "Pet" problem |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2017 |
| 'Pet' problem |
The Washington Post |
09 Apr 2017 |
| "Pet" cause for complaint |
Universal |
05 Apr 2017 |
| Pet complaint? |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2017 |
| Irritate |
Universal |
13 Feb 2017 |
| Thorn in one's side |
|
|
| "Pet" cause for complaint |
|
|
| "Pet" problem |
|
|
| "Pet" irritation |
|
|
| Source of irritation |
|
|
| "Pet" annoyance |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Annoy |
Universal |
12 Sep 2016 |
| Vexation shown by extremely perverse girl |
|
|
| Really get to |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2016 |
| Pet ___ (grievance) |
Universal |
01 Aug 2016 |
| Pet problem? |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2016 |
| Cause irritation using drill on previous day |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jun 2016 |
| Pet ___ (grievance) |
Family Time |
30 May 2016 |
| Annoy |
Premier Sunday |
29 May 2016 |
| 'Pet' irritation |
Jonesin |
03 May 2016 |
| Annoy class in gym the day before |
|
|
| Annoyance |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2016 |
| Rub the wrong way |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2016 |
| Sore point |
Newsday |
14 Feb 2016 |
| Annoy Prince Bertie's man unlimitedly? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Feb 2016 |
| Pet ___ (grievance) |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Pet problem? |
|
|
| Really get to |
|
|
| 'Pet' annoyance |
Jonesin |
22 Dec 2015 |
| Annoy |
The Washington Post |
17 Nov 2015 |
| Vice-President turns up -- English brass off |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Nov 2015 |
| Pet annoyance? |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2015 |
| Annoy |
USA Today |
15 Jun 2015 |
| Source of irritation |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jun 2015 |
| Irritation exercises woman without parents |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 May 2015 |
| Rub the wrong way |
Universal |
28 May 2015 |
| Make someone feel irritated or resentful |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
10 May 2015 |
| Bug |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2015 |
| Pet complaint |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2015 |
| Bone to pick |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2015 |
| See 74-Across |
LA Times Daily |
22 Feb 2015 |
| Pet __ |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Bone to pick |
|
|
| Pet annoyance? |
|
|
| Pet complaint |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| See 74-Across |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Least favorite pet? |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Grievance |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| "Pet" problem |
|
|
| Something to complain about |
|
|
| Really annoy |
|
|
| Thorn in one's side |
|
|
| Thorn in one's side |
|
|
| Complaint |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Source of irritation |
|
|
| "Pet" annoyance |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Pet ___ (annoyance) |
|
|
| Pet __ (ongoing annoyance) |
|
|
| Pet problem? |
|
|
| Pet annoyance? |
|
|
| Irritant |
|
|
| Rile |
|
|
| Source of annoyance |
|
|
| Pet annoyance? |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Pet ___ (grievance) |
|
|
| Pet ___ |
|
|
| Vexation |
|
|
| Pet ___ (irritation) |
|
|
| "Pet" irritation |
|
|
| Grievance |
|
|
| "Pet" annoyance |
|
|
| Sore spot |
|
|
| Royal pain |
|
|
| Irk |
|
|
| Really annoy |
|
|
| Vexation |
|
|
| Irk |
|
|
| Put out |
|
|
| Grievance |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Cause for complaint |
|
|
| "Pet" irritation |
|
|
| Get under one's skin |
|
|
| Pet ___ (annoyance) |
|
|
| Source of annoyance |
|
|
| Source of annoyance |
|
|
| Get to |
|
|
| "Pet" complaint |
|
|
| Pet ___ (annoyance) |
|
|
| Pet problem? |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Pet problem? |
|
|
| Irritated mood |
|
|
| Pet annoyance? |
|
|
| Cause for complaint |
|
|
| Irk |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| Vexation |
|
|
| Irk |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Pet that angers |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Get at |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Something to complain about |
|
|
| Source of irritation |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Cause of chafing |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Really annoy |
|
|
| Tick off |
|
|
| A little thing that irritates a lot |
|
|
| Pet that angers |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Raise the hackles of |
|
|
| Pet __ |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Pet __ |
|
|
| Having the toilet paper roll put on the "wrong" way, e.g. |
|
|
| Irk |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Pet problem? |
|
|
| Pet __ |
|
|
| Source of annoyance |
|
|
| Source of annoyance |
|
|
| Irk |
|
|
| Rub the wrong way |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Pet complaint |
|
|
| Pet annoyance |
|
|
| Beef |
|
|
| Exasperate |
|
|
| Bug |
|
|
| Complaint |
|
|
| Nuisance |
|
|
| Irk |
|
|
| Pet follower? |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Pet ___ |
|
|
| Pet ___ |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| See 62 Across |
|
|
| Pet ___ |
|
|
| See 62 Across |
|
|
| It may be a pet |
|
|
| Nettle |
|
|
| Pet complaint |
|
|
| Pet follower |
|
|
| White House deputy turned up European bug |
|
|
| Gripe |
|
|
| Sore spot |
|
|
| Something to complain about |
|
|
| Irritation |
|
|
| Toilet paper rolled the "wrong" way, e.g. |
|
|
| Pet item |
|
|
| Annoy |
|
|
| Beef |
|
|
| Pet ___: annoyance |
|
|
| Grievance |
|
|
| Pet ___ |
|
|
| Bone to pick |
|
|
| Beef |
|
|
| Pet ____ |
|
|
| Pet___ |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Annoyance source |
|
|
| Vex |
|
|
| Resentful mood |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Rile |
|
|
| Irritate |
|
|
| Bother |
|
|
| Grudge |
|
|
| Gripe |
|
|
| Gripe or grievance |
|
|
| Make bad-tempered: Colloq. |
|
|
| Annoy: Colloq. |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Irritate. |
|
|
| Irritate: Colloq. |
|
|
| Particular grievance. |
|
|
| Annoyance: Colloq. |
|
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| Vex: Colloq. |
|
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| An annoyance: Colloq. |
|
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| Make fretful: Colloq. |
|
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| Sore point |
|
|