Ruffle
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Wednesday, 1 Dec 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 22 Sep 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 31 Jul 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 5 Feb 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 21 Jan 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 18 Nov 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 18 Oct 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 24 Jul 2020
  • The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 28 Feb 2019

Crossword Answers

3 letters

IRK
Irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

MIX
The act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

4 letters

FRAY
A noisy fight

COCK
Adult male bird

RUFF
(card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit

DUST
Remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"

ROIL
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

5 letters

PLEAT
Pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"

FLUFF
A blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

FLICK
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

FRILL
Ornamental objects of no great value

RUCHE

ABASH
Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

ANNOY
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

STRUT
A proud stiff pompous gait

6 letters

RUMPLE
Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"

TITTUP
To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

COCKLE
Common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs

RIPPLE
A small wave on the surface of a liquid

PRANCE
A proud stiff pompous gait

SASHAY
A square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps

MESSUP
Disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"

TOUSLE
Disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"

RIFFLE
Shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

AFFRAY
A noisy fight

CHOKER
A high tight collar

7 letters

FLOUNCE
The act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions

DISTURB
Change the arrangement or position of

PERTURB
Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

SHUFFLE
Walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"

FLUSTER
Cause to be nervous or upset

SWAGGER
A proud stiff pompous gait

AGITATE Mike Smallman
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

DERANGE
Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him"

8 letters

UNDULATE
Stir up (water) so as to form ripples

FURBELOW
A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

RUFFLEUP
Disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"

DISHEVEL
Disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"

NECKRUFF
A high tight collar

11 letters

DISTURBANCE
The act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion

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