Clues for the word "PEST"
We've had 281 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 836 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on December 18, 2024.
Definition of pest
- n. - A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.
- n. - Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance.
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
- Troublesome insect
- Mosquito or gnat
- Crop-invading insect
- Crop invading insect
- Irking insect
- Injurious plant
- Mole, to a suburbanite
- Annoying person or bug
- Unwanted visitor
- Steady annoyance
- Garden headache
- Fumigation target
- Fly in the face of someone?
- Nag, e.g.
- Under-one's-skin type
- Annoying creature
- Irritating one
- Unwelcome garden visitor
- Hanger-on
- Vexatious sort
- Garden interloper
- Real pain
- Mole, to suburbanites
- Trying type
- Mosquito, to us
- Cockroach, e.g.
- Mosquito, gnat or fly
- It gets on one's nerves
- Annoying critter
- Pique-provoking person
- Gypsy moth, e.g.
- Thing getting on one's nerves
- Fruit fly or gnat
- Rat or roach
- Obnoxious one
- Fly or gnat, often
- 4-Down victim, e.g.
- Unrelenting annoyance
- Pain in the you-know-what
- Bug bomb victim
- Yappy dog, e.g.
- Black Flag or d-CON target
- Sitter's challenge
- Weevil, for one
- Little sibling, often
- Gnat, e.g.
- Mosquito or annoying person
- Mosquito, for one
- A gnat is one
- Annoying thing
- Annoying thing, like a gnat
- Insect, to a gardener
- Persistently annoying person or insect
- Persistently annoying insect
- Ant at a picnic, for example
- Mosquito or fly
- Ant at a picnic
- Capital half lost - that's a nuisance
- Paddy harbours small annoyance
- Botheration! 'e comes in to attract attention
- Pieces of peach stone are a nuisance
- The cheapest part is better avoided
- Having to step lively can be a nuisance
- Robocaller, e.g.
- Little brother, often
- Mouse, e.g.
- Sauce unfinished? Bother!
- Mole or mouse
- Space invader?
- 53 Down, often
- Cockroach, termite, or rat
- Sauce reduced? That's a nuisance
- The other half from 9 is a nuisance
- ___ control (exterminator's concern)
- Little annoyance
- One getting shooed
- Mole or mosquito
- Bedbug, e.g.
- Annoying insect
- Thing on your nerves
- Having to break step can be a nuisance
- Bothersome annoyance
- Termite or gnat
- 17-Across or louse
- Bug or brat
- Ant, to a picnicker
- Flea or tick
- Flea or fly
- Apt rhyme of "infest"
- Buttonholer
- Irksome creature
- Target of a homeowner's trap
- Aphid or boll weevil
- Persistent inconvenience
- Fruit fly, to an orchard
- 35-Across, to suburbanites
- Little noodge
- 38-Down, e.g.
- Vermin
- One calling for extremes of patience for a saint?
- Little brother, stereotypically
- Roach or termite
- Arborist's concern
- Boll weevil, to a cotton farmer
- One told to leave, maybe
- Ant or mosquito
- Little sibling, perhaps
- Obnoxious person
- Gnat or brat, for example
- Boll weevil, for one
- Apt rhyme for "infest"
- Bothersome sort
- Misguided step, just a nuisance
- *Cat or goldfish
- Harmful insect
- Flea or roach
- Destructive insect
- Annoying animal
- Gnat or nag
- Irritating person
- Any bug that gets on your nerves
- Persistent little sibling, maybe
- Small headache
- Dennis the Menace, e.g.
- Headache
- Constant annoyer
- Younger sibling, stereotypically
- Annoying bug
- Mosquito, for example
- Termite or ant, for example
- Target for an exterminator
- Annoying sort
- A fly at a picnic, for example
- Ramona, per Beezus
- Unwelcome visitor
- Fly in the face, e.g.
- Fungus gnat, e.g.
- Roach or mosquito
- Troublesome thing
- Book louse or mosquito
- Nag
- Wasp, for one
- Any annoying insect
- Insect that won't buzz off
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - December 18, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 17, 2024
- Family Time - December 15, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 12, 2024
- Family Time - December 09, 2024
- Daily American - December 09, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 29, 2024
- LA Times - November 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 07, 2024
- LA Times - November 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2024
- New York Times - October 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 28, 2024
- USA Today - September 28, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 13, 2024
- USA Today - September 08, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 15, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 24, 2024
- New York Times - July 17, 2024
- Mirror Mini - July 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 27, 2024
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