The Clue
Starling, e.g. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PEST
Tags
Notes
The answer PEST is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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Bother
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Bothersome one
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Buzzy one
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Nuisance
Plague
Varmint
Annoying type
Aphid, to a rose
Bothersome individual
Buttinsky, e.g.
Cutworm, e.g.
DDT target
Gadfly or aphid
One to get rid of
Gnat or brat
Gnat, e.g.
Irk-aholic?
Irksome type
Kibitzer, at times
Lapel clutcher
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Orkin victim
Pain in the neck
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Tick, e.g.
Gnat, rat or brat
Heckler or lapel grabber
Kid brother, perhaps
Pain, so to speak
Definition
PEST as a noun:
1. (plague, pestilence, pest, pestis) = a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
2. (plague, pestilence, pest) = any epidemic disease with a high death rate
3. (pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly) = a persistently annoying person
4. any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"