| Personal annoyance |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Tiddles's tiddle very tiresome, in the end a sore point |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Personal bugaboo |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 May 2025 |
| Knuckle cracking, for some |
LA Times Daily |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Personal aversion |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2025 |
| Personal annoyance |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Personal annoyance |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 May 2024 |
| Personal annoyance |
Universal |
22 Jan 2022 |
| Loud chewing, for some |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Loud chewing, for many |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Common clue for ''flea'' |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Personal bugaboo |
Wall Street Journal |
19 May 2021 |
| Source of aggravation |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2020 |
| Personal bugaboo |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 May 2019 |
| Common clue for ''flea'' |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2018 |
| Tardy people, to some |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2017 |
| Tardy people, to some |
The Washington Post |
05 Nov 2017 |
| Bugbear |
The Washington Post |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Bugbear |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Tardy people, to some |
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| Bugbear |
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| Personal source of annoyance ... which might make one feel the first word of the answers to starred clues |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2015 |
| Personal source of annoyance |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jun 2015 |
| Personal source of annoyance ... which might make one feel the first word of the answers to starred clues |
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| Personal source of annoyance |
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| Source of particular irritation |
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| Cause for complaint |
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| It really gets under your skin |
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| It really gets to you |
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| Personal bugaboo |
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| Particular annoyance |
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| Political blog feature, often |
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| Political blog feature, often |
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| Smacking gum, e.g. |
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| Personal bugbear |
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| Waiting in line, for some |
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| Waiting in line, for some |
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| Fido's annoyance? |
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| Bugbear |
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| Personal bugbear |
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| It really gets you |
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| Fido's gripe? |
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| Special source of annoyance |
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| Major personal annoyance |
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