Answer: PEST
PEST is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 137 times.
Referring Clues:
- Buzzy one
- Plague
- Irk-aholic?
- Annoyance
- Nuisance
- Teaser
- Botherer
- Nudnik
- Buttinsky
- Hanger-on, maybe
- Adamant ant?
- A real pain
- Pain in the neck
- Termite, e.g.
- Noodge
- Fly, e.g.
- Mosquito, e.g.
- Cutworm, e.g.
- Bother
- 43-Down, e.g.
- Dennis, to Mr. Wilson
- Ant, maybe
- Exterminator's target
- D-Con target
- Cockroach or rat
- Little brother, maybe
- Buttinsky, e.g.
- Mole, to a gardener
- Persistent annoyer
- Irritant
- Annoyer
- Slug, say
- Younger brother, say
- Raid victim
- Roach or rat
- Mole, e.g.
- Starling, e.g.
- Orkin victim
- Annoying type
- Real pill
- Irksome insect
- Raid target
- Dee Dee, to Dexter on "Dexter's Laboratory"
- Unwelcome greenhouse guest
- Aphid, to a gardener
- Exterminator's quarry
- Babysitter's bane
- Mouse, for one
- Thorn
- Exterminator's assignment
- Dennis the Menace, to Mr. Wilson
- Royal pain
- Exterminator's victim
- Ant at a picnic, e.g.
- Heckler, e.g.
- Noodge or nudnik
- Crop-dusting target
- Kid brother, at times
- With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues?
- Telemarketer, to many
- Fly, for example
- Gnat, for example
- It's across the Danube from Buda
- Irksome person
- Annoying one
- Slug, to a gardener
- Sauce whose name is Italian for "pounded"
- Housefly, for example
- Nudge
- Cockroach or termite
- Gnat, for one
- Brat
- Gnat or rat
- Bothersome kid
- Pain, so to speak
- 10 Across or 49 Across
- Flea, e.g.
- Bothersome one
- Genuine nuisance
- Irksome individual
- Nettlesome one
- Gadfly
- Irksome fellow
- Vexation
- Yapping dog, e.g.
- Kid brother, stereotypically
- Mixed-up PETS?
- Pain in the rear
- Kind of control
- Black Flag target
- Little brother or spammer, to some
- Pain of a sort
- Bothersome type
- Brat or bug, e.g.
- Pain in the you-know-what, e.g.
- Pain in the butt
- Bug bomb target
- Thorn in one's side
- Dennis the Menace, for one
- Vexatious one
- Annoying person
- Irksome type
- Bug you want to swat
- Source of exasperation
- Mosquito or mole, e.g.
- Aphid, to a fruit tree
- Fly, perhaps
- 17-Across in the neck
- Irksome one
- Zappers casualty
- Unwelcome guest
- Gnat or brat
- Mite, moth or mole
- Irritating sort
- ___ control (Orkin's business)
- Pain in the ass
- Tick, e.g.
- Irksome sort
- One who 26-Across
- Orkin target
- Constant interrupter
- Source of annoyance
- Bugging bug
- Gardening column subject
- Bothersome person
- See 59-Across
- 16-Across, e.g.
- Troublesome person
- ___ control
- Bothersome insect
- Crop threat
- Little brother, to an older sibling, say
- Pantry ant, e.g.
- Recurring pain?
- Slug, e.g.
- Insecticide victim
- Orkin agent's quarry
Last Seen In:
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 15, 2013
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 25, 2013
- Washington Post - March 26, 2013
- USA Today - March 20, 2013
- USA Today - February 25, 2013
- Netword - February 21, 2013
- Netword - February 18, 2013
- Netword - February 12, 2013
- New York Times - February 01, 2013
- Washington Post - January 29, 2013
- LA Times - January 27, 2013
- Netword - January 16, 2013
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 09, 2013
- LA Times - December 25, 2012
- New York Times - December 17, 2012
- Universal - November 23, 2012
- LA Times - November 22, 2012
- LA Times - November 14, 2012
- LA Times Sunday - October 28, 2012
- Washington Post - October 16, 2012
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