Clues for the word "PEST"
We've had 275 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 796 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on March 14, 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
Last Seen In
- LA Times - March 14, 2024
- USA Today - March 08, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 23, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 23, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 21, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 20, 2024
- LA Times - January 15, 2024
- USA Today - January 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 11, 2024
- Mirror Mini - January 03, 2024
- USA Today - January 03, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 19, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 12, 2023
- Daily American - December 06, 2023
- LA Times - December 05, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 28, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 25, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 21, 2023
- Mirror Daily - November 11, 2023
- Mirror Daily - November 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 16, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 12, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 10, 2023
- Mirror Daily - October 10, 2023
- LA Times - October 07, 2023
- New York Times - October 04, 2023
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