The Clue
Airwaves nuisance (6 letter answer)
The Answer
STATIC
Tags
Notes
The answer STATIC is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
Related Clues
It's often heard during storms
It causes sparks
Back talk, slangily
Criticism, so to speak
Sign of an approaching storm
Winter buildup, at times
Not active
Kind of electricity
Radio noise
Atmospheric disturbance
Complaints, informally
Noisy opposition
Lacking movement
Bad reception
Televiewer's problem
Trouble on the set
Opposite of dynamic
Interference of a sort
Unwanted noise
Unchanging
Radio annoyance
Fixed
Storm production
Inactive
Unmoving
Atmospherics
Stationary
Radio woe
Radio problem
Definition
STATIC as a noun:
1. (static, atmospherics, atmospheric static) = a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference
2. angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial"
STATIC as an adjective:
1. (static, unchanging) = not active or moving; "a static village community and a completely undynamic type of agriculture"; "static feudal societies"
2. (inactive, motionless, static, still) = not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
3. (electrostatic, static) = concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity; "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity"
4. (static, stable, unchanging) = showing little if any change; "a static population"