Pest
Crossword Clue and Answers
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We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.
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Publications
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 5 Nov 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 11 Oct 2021
- The Sun Cryptic - Friday, 8 Jan 2021
- The Mirror Quick - Monday, 4 Jan 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 5 Oct 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 12 Feb 2020
Crossword Answers
3 letters
ANT
Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
4 letters
BRAT
A small pork sausage
PAIN
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
GNAT
Any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
SLUG
(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"
CUSS
A persistently annoying person
STEP
Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"
5 letters
SNAIL
Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
APHIS
Type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables
6 letters
VERMIN
Any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"; "he examined the child's head for vermin"; "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin"
BOTHER
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled
TEASER
An attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
PESTIS
A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
GADFLY
Any of various large flies that annoy livestock
PLAGUE
An annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
7 letters
ANNOYER
Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
SCOURGE
A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
8 letters
GREENFLY
Greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants
PESTERER
A persistently annoying person
NUISANCE
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
BLIGHTER
A persistently annoying person
IRRITANT
Something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh"
VEXATION
The act of troubling or annoying someone
9 letters
ANNOYANCE
The act of troubling or annoying someone
BUTTINSKY
A meddler who tends to butt in
10 letters
PESTILENCE
A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
13 letters
PAININTHENECK
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"