Clues for the word "PESTS"
We've had 170 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 413 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on February 23, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Gnats and brats
- Pains in the neck
- Rats, gnats, etc.
- Younger siblings, traditionally
- Flies or gadflies
- Baneful bunch
- Gnats, rats, etc.
- Annoyances
- Flies around the world?
- Creatures with six or more legs, usually
- Pains, so to speak
- Buttinskies
- Annoyers
- Flies, ants and such
- Raid targets
- Bad news for a crop farmer
- Targets of swats
- Flies, e.g.
- Royal pains
- Younger brothers, stereotypically
- Tormentors
- Termites and such
- Noodges
- Annoying kids
- Moles, moths, et al.
- Babysitter's banes
- Annoying ones
- Kids, at times
- Bothers
- Gnats and nits
- Roaches, ants, etc.
- Nuisances
- Nudniks
- Bugs and slugs, e.g.
- Buggers
- Termites, e.g.
- Gadflies, e.g.
- Orkin victims
- Raid victims
- Bothersome ones
- Gnats and mice
- Gnats and moles
- They're bothersome
- They may be hard to get rid of
- Vexatious folks
- Spray prey
- Ants and weeds
- Vexing folks, e.g.
- Baby brothers, typically
- Cockroaches, for example
- They're exterminated
- 41-Across, e.g.
- They're a nuisance
- Gnats and ants, e.g.
- Mosquitoes, gnats, etc.
- Vermin
- Insecticide targets
- Exterminator's targets
- They might be smoked out
- Annoying people or things
- Annoying things
- Raid's targets
- Spray targets
- Gnats and flies
- Gnats, rats and brats
- Irritants
- Vexations
- Gnats, e.g.
- Flies and gnats
- Mosquitoes, e.g.
- Skeeters, e.g.
- Gnat and rat
- Irksome individuals
- Troublesome ones
- Little brothers, often
- Irksome ones
- They may really bug you
- Orkin targets
- Reasons to call an exterminator
- Naggers, for example
- Real nuisances
- Gnats and mosquitoes
- Exterminators' victims
- Raccoons around campsites, e.g.
- Bedbugs, e.g.
- Vexatious sorts
- Flies and such
- Pains
- Gnats, flies and such
- Crop invaders
- Ants, at a picnic
- Rats and gnats
- Badgers
- Stinkbugs and others
- Rats, gnats and brats
- Bothersome people or animals
- Little brothers, typically
- Vexatious ones
- Hecklers, e.g.
- Creatures with six or more legs, typically
- Kid brothers or sisters, at times
- Ones who won't leave you alone
- Flies, roaches and such
- Locusts, termites, etc.
- Kitchen ants and gnats
- Annoying sorts
- Plural of 13-Down
- Those that get on one's nerves
- Victims of Raid and d-CON
- Ants, e.g.
- Raid or d-CON victims
- They annoy the heck out of you
- Brats or gnats
- Nudges
- Weevils, to cotton farmers
- Annoying types
- Nits and gnats
- Bothersome sorts
- They may bug you
- Irritating ones
- Persistently annoying persons
- From the cheapest source, they're unwanted
- In the cheapest seats, they make a nuisance of themselves
- Steps may be taken to destroy them
- Nuisances or destructive insects
- Younger siblings, at times
- Annoying people
- One takes steps to destroy them
- Ones that have infested four puzzle answers
- Swatters' victims
- Unwelcome company
- Our little darlings, about to start school, can be a problem
- Thorns in one's side
- One can take steps to control them
- Lapdogs harbour small bugs
- Anagrammatic intruders in this puzzle's longest Across answers
- Mosquitoes and mice
- Invaders of crops
- Flies in the face of someone?
- Flea and fly, for two
- They're annoying
- Ants and gnats, e.g.
- Gnats and rats
- Bugs that bug
- Bedbugs and such
- Bothersome people
- Weevils, e.g.
- Unpopular creatures
- Steps may be taken to control them
- They are into bugging
- Fleas and flies, e.g.
- Mosquitoes and gnats
- Annoying creatures
- Annoying critters
- Annoying younger siblings, e.g.
- Unwelcome animals
- Bothersome beings
- Bugs landing in your ears, say
- Unwanted creatures
- Fleas and flies
- Brats and gnats
- Annoying bugs
- Younger siblings, probably
- Dennis the Menace types
- Gnats and boll weevils
- Unwanted picnic invaders
- Gnats, flies, etc.
- Invaders such as 58-Down and 66-Across
- Mosquitoes or flies
- Taking only shaky steps can be a nuisance
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - February 23, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 26, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 10, 2025
- Daily American - November 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 07, 2025
- Mirror Mini - October 04, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 08, 2025
- Daily American - July 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 19, 2025
- Daily American - April 23, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 07, 2025
- USA Today - March 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 02, 2025
- LA Times - February 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 14, 2025
- LA Times - January 06, 2025
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