Annoying bug Crossword Clue

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Annoying bug Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
2. (British usage) mosquito

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ANNOYING (adjective)
1. causing irritation or annoyance
ANNOYING (noun)
1. the act of troubling or annoying someone
BUG (verb)
1. tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
2. annoy persistently
BUG (noun)
1. insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
2. a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

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More Daily Pop Crossword (1/25/2026) Answers

Across

1. Annoying bug such as a 42-Down

5. "Llama Llama ___ at Mama" (Anna Dewdney children's book)

8. Metal that stops Superman's X-ray vision

12. Suffer after a CrossFit workout, say

13. Directional opposite of WNW

14. "Cogito, ___ sum" ("I think, therefore I am," to Descartes)

15. Hammer-wielding superhero played by Chris Hemsworth

16. Decade when the Internet emerged

18. Daniel Silva novel featuring 42-Across investigating a series of international terrorist attacks (3 wds.)

20. Tragic Shakespearean king with three daughters

21. "How To ___ Fried Worms" (classic children's novel)

22. Frowny-faced

24. Malcolm Gladwell's "What the Dog ___: And Other Adventures"

26. Actress Rodriguez who voices Carmen Sandiego

30. Daniel Silva novel featuring 42-Across investigating the murder of a Russian agent (3 wds.)

34. Unit in football statistics

35. Play-___ (modeling clay brand)

36. Professor's degree, usually (Abbr.)

37. Hydroelectric facility

40. “Un Poco ___” (song from Pixar’s “Coco”)

42. Israeli intelligence officer featured in 25 novels by Daniel Silva, including 18-Across and 30-Across (2 wds.)

47. Touring the jungle, perhaps (2 wds.)

48. Politician's staffer

49. Shrill cry

50. "Cat on a Hot ___ Roof"

51. Put in the overhead bin

52. Abbreviation that ends many bibliography lists (2 wds.)

53. "Taking Woodstock" director Lee

54. Sassy

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Down

1. Hiking trail

2. "The ___ Maker" (Richard Powers novel)

3. Side of the road

4. Hardly long-winded

5. Hanukkah centerpiece with nine candles

6. You wish! (2 wds.)

7. Like thick fog

8. "Frozen" song with the lyrics "Turn away and slam the door / I don't care what they're going to say" (3 wds.)

9. Great Lake near the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

10. Gets older

11. "Manhattan Transfer" novelist John ___ Passos

17. Government group concerned with clean water (Abbr.)

19. Sunrise direction

22. Oinker's corral

23. Mystery solved!

25. Join in matrimony

27. Lacking good manners

28. Casual turndown

29. Then what happened!?

31. Eccentric sort

32. Adele's "___ in the Deep"

33. Hold your horses!

38. Pooch's sound

39. Mazda two-seater

41. Purse closer

43. Japan's continent

44. "The Starless Sea" novelist Morgenstern

45. Sign of spoiled food

46. Eye of ___ ("Macbeth" witches' ingredient)

47. Have a debt

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