The Clue
Fastidious (5 letter answer)
The Answer
FUSSY
Tags
Notes
The answer FUSSY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
Related Clues
Persnickety
Punctilious
Hard to please
Meticulous to a fault
Definition
FUSSY as an adjective:
1. (crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered) = perversely irritable
2. (busy, fussy) = overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
3. (finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky) = exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"