| They're so annoying! |
USA Today |
09 Jun 2026 |
| Bothersome critters |
Universal |
06 Jun 2026 |
| Unwelcome critters |
Universal |
06 May 2026 |
| Mosquitos or gnats |
USA Today |
02 May 2026 |
| Younger siblings, stereotypically |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2026 |
| Destructive beasts |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Apr 2026 |
| Annoying people |
Commuter |
02 Apr 2026 |
| Annoying critters |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Mar 2026 |
| Flies and gnats |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Mar 2026 |
| Pains in the butt |
Universal |
13 Mar 2026 |
| They can be smoked out |
The Washington Post Mini |
06 Mar 2026 |
| Vexatious sorts |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jan 2026 |
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jan 2026 |
| Nuisances |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Jan 2026 |
| Possibly dog's infested by small bugs |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Jan 2026 |
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2026 |
| Irritations, bugs |
The Telegraph Plusword |
24 Dec 2025 |
| Nuisances |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2025 |
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2025 |
| People who are annoying |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Nuisances |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2025 |
| Nuisances |
Universal |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Nuisances |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jul 2025 |
| One takes steps to control them (5) |
|
|
| Pains in the neck |
Universal |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Nuisances |
The Telegraph Plusword |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Noxious vermin |
|
|
| One takes steps to destroy them (5) |
|
|
| Wasps at a picnic, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 May 2025 |
| Annoying people |
Commuter |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Irritants |
Newsday |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Bothersome people |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Houseflies, e.g |
|
|
| Nuisances found in cheapest sites (5) |
|
|
| Mosquitoes or flies |
USA Today |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Invaders such as 58-Down and 66-Across |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Little brothers, frequently |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Siblings, annoying e.g. |
|
|
| Annoying siblings, e.g. |
|
|
| They are annoying - doing exercises on the streets (5) |
|
|
| Strange steps taken to get vermin (5) |
|
|
| Gnats, flies, etc. |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Unwanted picnic invaders |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Bothersome people |
Newsday |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Annoying bugs |
USA Today |
09 Dec 2024 |
| They're annoying |
Newsday |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Annoying house guests you may need to "control" |
|
|
| Steps may be taken to destroy them (5) |
|
|
| Annoyances |
The Telegraph Plusword |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Annoying animals |
|
|
| Irritations, particularly certain insects |
The Telegraph Plusword |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Mosquitoes, mites, and moles |
|
|
| Nuisances or destructive insects |
|
|
| Vermin (S) |
|
|
| Roaches, rats, etc. |
|
|
| Termites and locusts, for example |
|
|
| Little bothers |
|
|
| Nuisances |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Kittens eat small rodents (5) |
|
|
| From the cheapest source, they're unwanted (5) |
|
|
| One can take steps to control them (5) |
|
|
| Nuisances |
The Telegraph Mini |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Nuisances give record back to holy men (5) |
|
|
| Irritating ones |
|
|
| Take steps to reform nuisances (5) |
|
|
| Nuisances; steps (anag.) |
|
|
| Steps out to confront nuisances (5) |
|
|
| Sort of steps taken to get vermin |
|
|
| Irritating brats? (5) |
|
|
| Our little darlings, about to start school, can be a problem (5) |
|
|
| Termites and others |
Universal |
19 Feb 2024 |
| Nuisances |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Destructive insects or other animals |
|
|
| Poorly-constructed steps may be persistently annoying people (5) |
|
|
| Annoying sorts |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Ants, roaches, etc. |
|
|
| Fleas, ticks and such |
Universal |
18 Nov 2023 |
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Thorns in one's side |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Gnats and boll weevils |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2023 |
| Nuisances |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Vermin |
The Times Concise |
30 May 2023 |
| Annoying ones |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2023 |
| Nuisances |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Dennis the Menace types |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Gnats and rats |
Universal |
30 Dec 2022 |
| Annoyances |
Universal |
06 Dec 2022 |
| Annoying bugs |
Family Time |
04 Dec 2022 |
| Exterminators' targets |
New York Times |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Unwelcome critters |
USA Today |
20 Nov 2022 |
| Nuisances |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2022 |
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Gnats and rats |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2022 |
| Brats and gnats |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Nuisances |
New York Times |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Bothersome types |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Rats, gnats, and brats |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2022 |
| Nuisances |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2022 |
| Annoyances |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Exterminator's targets |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2022 |
| Nuisances |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2022 |
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Unwanted creatures |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Annoying ones |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Dec 2021 |
| Bugs landing in your ears, say |
Family Time |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Bothersome beings |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Unwelcome animals |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Annoying younger siblings, e.g |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Bedbugs and others |
Universal |
19 Sep 2021 |
| Little brothers, maybe |
Universal |
06 Sep 2021 |
| Annoying critters |
USA Today |
25 Aug 2021 |
| Gnats and nits |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Pains in the neck |
Universal |
11 Aug 2021 |
| Irksome insects, say |
|
|
| Annoying ones |
Thomas Joseph |
07 May 2021 |
| Little brothers, often |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2021 |
| Annoying creatures |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Some buzz all around your face |
Family Time |
22 Feb 2021 |
| Nuisances |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2021 |
| Nuisances |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Annoying ones |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Mosquitoes and gnats |
New York Times |
07 Dec 2020 |
| Fleas and flies, e.g |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Domestic animals eating small bugs |
|
|
| Annoying types |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Nuisances |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Nov 2020 |
| Pains in the neck |
New York Times |
11 Oct 2020 |
| They are into bugging |
Family Time |
04 Oct 2020 |
| Nuisances |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Sep 2020 |
| Annoyances |
Universal |
25 Aug 2020 |
| Problems for crops |
|
|
| Nuisances |
Universal |
27 Jul 2020 |
| Exterminator's targets |
|
|
| Nuisances |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jun 2020 |
| They may bug you |
Family Time |
15 Jun 2020 |
| Unwanted rodents in the field |
|
|
| Unpopular creatures |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2020 |
| Insects that attack crops |
|
|
| Bothersome people |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Bedbugs and such |
Universal |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Exterminator's targets |
|
|
| Bugs that bug |
Family Time |
16 Dec 2019 |
| Exterminator's targets |
|
|
| Gnats and rats |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2019 |
| Gnats, rats and brats |
|
|
| Gnats, rats and brats |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2019 |
| Irritants |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2019 |
| Ants and gnats, e.g |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2019 |
| Annoying insects |
|
|
| They're annoying |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Flea and fly, for two |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Troublesome or destructive insects |
|
|
| Flies in the face of someone? |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Invaders of crops |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2019 |
| Annoying insects |
|
|
| Little brothers, typically |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Mosquitoes and mice |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Feb 2019 |
| Raid targets |
New York Times |
30 Jan 2019 |
| Anagrammatic intruders in this puzzle's longest Across answers |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Flies in the face of someone? |
|
|
| Mosquitoes and mice |
|
|
| Anagrammatic intruders in this puzzle's longest Across answers |
|
|
| Invaders of crops |
|
|
| Gnats and rats |
|
|
| Flea and fly, for two |
|
|
| Ants and gnats, e.g. |
|
|
| Raid targets |
|
|
| Raid targets |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Raid targets |
|
|
| Vexatious sorts |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Nuisances |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Flies and gnats |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Sep 2018 |
| Vexatious ones |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2018 |
| Thorns in one's side |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2018 |
| Thorns in one's side |
|
|
| Unwelcome company |
|
|
| Unwelcome company |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2018 |
| Swatters' victims |
USA Today |
28 May 2018 |
| Ones that have infested four puzzle answers |
|
|
| Ones that have infested four puzzle answers |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2018 |
| Younger siblings, at times |
|
|
| Younger siblings, at times |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Bothersome ones |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2018 |
| Pains |
|
|
| Pains |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Pains in the neck |
Universal |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Nits and gnats |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Raid targets |
|
|
| Pains |
|
|
| Ones that have infested four puzzle answers |
|
|
| Thorns in one's side |
|
|
| Nits and gnats |
|
|
| Younger siblings, at times |
|
|
| Swatters' victims |
|
|
| Pains in the neck |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Unwelcome company |
|
|
| Vexatious sorts |
|
|
| Annoying types |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2017 |
| Annoying types |
|
|
| Weevils, to cotton farmers |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2017 |
| Annoyances |
Newsday |
25 Oct 2017 |
| Nudniks |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Brats or gnats |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2017 |
| Vermin |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2017 |
| Gnats, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jun 2017 |
| They annoy the heck out of you |
Universal |
13 May 2017 |
| Exterminator's targets |
|
|
| Raid or d-CON victims |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Vermin |
|
|
| Vermin |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2017 |
| Victims of Raid and d-CON |
USA Today |
14 Feb 2017 |
| Those that get on one's nerves |
Universal |
11 Jan 2017 |
| Annoying types |
|
|
| Nudniks |
|
|
| Brats or gnats |
|
|
| Vermin |
|
|
| Weevils, to cotton farmers |
|
|
| Victims of Raid and d-CON |
|
|
| Raid or d-CON victims |
|
|
| Vermin |
|
|
| Those that get on one's nerves |
|
|
| They annoy the heck out of you |
|
|
| Nuisances in religious instruction thrown out by clergy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Nov 2016 |
| Plural of 13-Down |
Universal |
07 Nov 2016 |
| Noodges |
Premier Sunday |
06 Nov 2016 |
| Exterminators' victims |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Annoyances |
|
|
| Raid victims |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2016 |
| Annoying sorts |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2016 |
| Kitchen ants and gnats |
Universal |
27 Jun 2016 |
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Locusts, termites, etc |
Universal |
22 May 2016 |
| Kid brothers, often |
|
|
| Flies, roaches and such |
Universal |
21 Apr 2016 |
| Ones who won't leave you alone |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2016 |
| Annoying ones |
|
|
| Irritants |
|
|
| Kid brothers or sisters, at times |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2016 |
| Creatures with six or more legs, typically |
Universal |
15 Feb 2016 |
| Hecklers, e.g |
Universal |
21 Jan 2016 |
| Ants, at a picnic |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Exterminators' victims |
|
|
| Hecklers, e.g. |
|
|
| Locusts, termites, etc. |
|
|
| Kitchen ants and gnats |
|
|
| Annoying sorts |
|
|
| Ants, at a picnic |
|
|
| Creatures with six or more legs, typically |
|
|
| Raid victims |
|
|
| Flies around the world? |
Universal |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Raid targets |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jun 2015 |
| Annoying people or things |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2015 |
| Bothersome people or animals |
Universal |
31 Mar 2015 |
| Stinkbugs and others |
New York Times |
11 Mar 2015 |
| Rats, gnats and brats |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2015 |
| Annoyances |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2015 |
| Rats, gnats and brats |
|
|
| Annoyances |
|
|
| Stinkbugs and others |
|
|
| Vexatious ones |
|
|
| Bothersome people or animals |
|
|
| Annoyances |
|
|
| Annoying people or things |
|
|
| Raid targets |
|
|
| Flies around the world? |
|
|
| Gnats, flies and such |
|
|
| Crop invaders |
|
|
| Bedbugs, e.g. |
|
|
| Orkin targets |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Pains in the neck |
|
|
| Royal pains |
|
|
| Annoying ones |
|
|
| Ants, at a picnic |
|
|
| Rats and gnats |
|
|
| Annoying sorts |
|
|
| Exterminator's targets |
|
|
| Noodges |
|
|
| Vermin |
|
|
| They're bothersome |
|
|
| Raccoons around campsites, e.g. |
|
|
| Gnats and mosquitoes |
|
|
| Naggers, for example |
|
|
| Royal pains |
|
|
| Real nuisances |
|
|
| They may really bug you |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Royal pains |
|
|
| Little brothers, often |
|
|
| Irksome ones |
|
|
| Orkin targets |
|
|
| Reasons to call an exterminator |
|
|
| Annoying ones |
|
|
| Irksome ones |
|
|
| Royal pains |
|
|
| Raid's targets |
|
|
| Raid targets |
|
|
| Vexations |
|
|
| Flies, e.g. |
|
|
| Spray targets |
|
|
| Pains in the neck |
|
|
| Irritants |
|
|
| Annoying things |
|
|
| Gnats and flies |
|
|
| Gadflies, e.g. |
|
|
| They might be smoked out |
|
|
| They're a nuisance |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Rats, gnats, etc. |
|
|
| Ones you want to swat |
|
|
| Exterminator's targets |
|
|
| Exterminator's targets |
|
|
| Ants and weeds |
|
|
| Roaches, ants, etc. |
|
|
| Noodges |
|
|
| Nudniks |
|
|
| Baby brothers, typically |
|
|
| Cockroaches, for example |
|
|
| They're exterminated |
|
|
| Vexing folks, e.g. |
|
|
| They're bothersome |
|
|
| Roaches, ants, etc. |
|
|
| Orkin victims |
|
|
| Orkin victims |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Swattable sorts |
|
|
| Bothersome ones |
|
|
| Kids, at times |
|
|
| They may be hard to get rid of |
|
|
| Vexatious folks |
|
|
| Younger siblings, traditionally |
|
|
| Raid victims |
|
|
| Termites, e.g. |
|
|
| Annoyances |
|
|
| 41-Across, e.g. |
|
|
| Gnats, e.g. |
|
|
| Gnats and mice |
|
|
| Gnats and brats |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Gnats and brats |
|
|
| Bothersome ones |
|
|
| Spray prey |
|
|
| Buggers |
|
|
| Gnats and moles |
|
|
| Termites and such |
|
|
| Gnat and rat |
|
|
| Tormentors |
|
|
| Irritants |
|
|
| Annoyers |
|
|
| They're a nuisance |
|
|
| Tormentors |
|
|
| Royal pains |
|
|
| Vexatious folks |
|
|
| Bothersome ones |
|
|
| Gnats and ants, e.g. |
|
|
| Ants, at picnics |
|
|
| Noodges |
|
|
| Bugs and slugs, e.g. |
|
|
| Ants, roaches and the like |
|
|
| Irksome individuals |
|
|
| Exterminators' quarries |
|
|
| Gnats, e.g. |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Kid brothers, at times |
|
|
| Ants and roaches |
|
|
| Gnats and fleas |
|
|
| Kid brothers, at times |
|
|
| Mosquitoes, gnats, etc. |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Annoying ones |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Moles, moths, et al. |
|
|
| They get on your nerves |
|
|
| Buttinskies |
|
|
| Nudniks |
|
|
| Younger brothers, stereotypically |
|
|
| Annoyances |
|
|
| They're a bother |
|
|
| Annoyers |
|
|
| Buttinskies |
|
|
| Thorns in one's side |
|
|
| Gnats and nits |
|
|
| Insecticide targets |
|
|
| Vermin |
|
|
| Bugs and brats |
|
|
| Nudniks |
|
|
| Ticks and fleas |
|
|
| Annoying individuals |
|
|
| Babysitter's banes |
|
|
| Annoyances |
|
|
| Targets of swats |
|
|
| No-see-ums, for example |
|
|
| Exterminator's targets |
|
|
| Gnats and ants |
|
|
| Kids, at times |
|
|
| Royal pains |
|
|
| Gnats and brats |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Gnats, ants, etc. |
|
|
| Gnats and brats |
|
|
| Nudniks |
|
|
| Flies, ants and such |
|
|
| Ants at picnics |
|
|
| Bad news for a crop farmer |
|
|
| Flies, e.g. |
|
|
| Kids, at times |
|
|
| Gnats and ants |
|
|
| Pains in the neck |
|
|
| Locusts and termites |
|
|
| Flies, ants and such |
|
|
| Royal pains |
|
|
| They're annoying |
|
|
| Locusts and termites |
|
|
| Moles, moths, et al. |
|
|
| Exterminators' victims |
|
|
| Mites and gnats |
|
|
| Mosquitoes, often |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| They're annoying |
|
|
| Gnats and such |
|
|
| Nudniks |
|
|
| Nosy people |
|
|
| Nudniks |
|
|
| Japanese beetles, e.g. |
|
|
| They're hard to get rid of |
|
|
| Annoying kids |
|
|
| Pains, so to speak |
|
|
| Flies around the world? |
|
|
| Raid targets |
|
|
| Royal pains |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Creatures with six or more legs, usually |
|
|
| Dennis the Menace and his ilk |
|
|
| Vexatious people |
|
|
| No-see-ums and fleas |
|
|
| Baneful bunch |
|
|
| Flies or gadflies |
|
|
| Gnats, rats, etc. |
|
|
| Pains in the neck |
|
|
| Midges, e.g. |
|
|
| Mosquitoes e.g. |
|
|
| Hecklers, e.g. |
|
|
| Problem children |
|
|
| Annoyances |
|
|
| Destructive insects |
|
|
| Brats and gnats |
|
|
| Younger siblings, traditionally |
|
|
| Annoyances |
|
|
| Spray prey |
|
|
| Vermin |
|
|
| Exterminator's targets |
|
|
| Gnats and brats |
|
|
| Rats, gnats, etc. |
|
|
| Irritants |
|
|
| Irksome ones |
|
|
| Dennis the Menace et al. |
|
|
| Irksome ones |
|
|
| Nudges |
|
|
| Baby brothers, typically |
|
|
| Nudnicks |
|
|
| Gnats and rats |
|
|
| Nuisances |
|
|
| Lapel grabbers |
|
|
| Mosquitoes, e.g. |
|
|
| Ants at a picnic |
|
|
| Earwigs, mites and such |
|
|
| Spray candidates |
|
|
| Nudniks |
|
|
| Punkies, e.g. |
|
|
| Aphids and midges |
|
|
| Mosquitoes, fleas, etc. |
|
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| Aphids and weevils |
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| Aphids |
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| Vexers |
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| Bugs |
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| Gnats, rats and bats |
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| Irksome imps |
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| Aphids, ticks, etc. |
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| Vexing company |
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| Hangers-on |
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| Targets of sprays |
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| Exterminator's targets |
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| Mosquitoes, etc. |
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| Insects. |
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| DDT victims. |
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| Termites, for example. |
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| Destructive insects. |
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| Thorns in the flesh. |
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| Troublesome insects. |
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| Annoyances. |
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| Varmints. |
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| Teasers. |
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| Nuisances. |
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| Gnats, fleas, etc. |
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| Annoying ones. |
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| Irksome ones. |
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| Mosquitoes, gnats, flies. |
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| Banes. |
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| Gadflies. |
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