Old English character's annoyance (5) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Old English character's annoyance (5) last seen in Guardian Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is THORN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% THORN Old English character's annoyance (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 1, 2024
95% WINNIETHEPOOH Phone-in with Old English confused naive character (13) The Times Cryptic Aug 15, 2025
90% PEST Annoyance (4) New York Times Sep 7, 2025
90% PAIN Annoyance (4) LA Times Daily Aug 2, 2025
82% COLONELBLIMP Low character: English pound flagging (12) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 3, 2025
82% UMBRAGE Annoyance (7) (7) The Sun Mini Aug 28, 2025
82% PEEVE Cause of annoyance (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 24, 2025
82% DRIP Faucet annoyance (4) USA Today Aug 23, 2025
82% OES Old English Sheepdog, in short (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 15, 2025
82% OMEGA Greek character, old and big (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Aug 13, 2025

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