Bug Crossword Clue

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Bug Crossword Answer

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IRK

(3 letters)

PESTER

(6 letters)

GLITCH

(6 letters)

INSECT

(6 letters)

RILE

(4 letters)

EATAT

(5 letters)

COCKROACH

(9 letters)

LARVA

(5 letters)

NAG

(3 letters)

GETTO

(5 letters)

WIRETAP

(7 letters)

TAP

(3 letters)

GRATEON

(7 letters)

NETTLE

(6 letters)

IRRITATE

(8 letters)

ERROR

(5 letters)

PEEVE

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Hint 2: Clue Definition

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

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

IRK
(3 letters)
PESTER
(6 letters)
GLITCH
(6 letters)
INSECT
(6 letters)
RILE
(4 letters)
EATAT
(5 letters)
COCKROACH
(9 letters)
LARVA
(5 letters)
NAG
(3 letters)
GETTO
(5 letters)
WIRETAP
(7 letters)
TAP
(3 letters)
GRATEON
(7 letters)
NETTLE
(6 letters)
IRRITATE
(8 letters)
ERROR
(5 letters)
PEEVE
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ANYON

More NYT Crossword (9/8/2024) Answers

Across

1. Smacks

6. "Obey your thirst" or "Got milk?"

14. Tiki bar fruit

20. Painter Rousseau

21. Admit guilt, perhaps

22. Porcelain coating

23. Extra

24. Age 1

26. Tugboat greetings

27. Drive in Beverly Hills

28. Modern-day alternative to a cash till

29. Memo heading

30. Awful, in slang

33. Quarry

37. Age 5

41. ___ al-Fitr (end of Ramadan)

42. Actor Paul

43. One of 13 in a standard game of "Jeopardy!"

44. Animal whose name is pronounced with a "y" sound by many Spanish speakers

46. ___ Rabbit

47. Many an airport shuttle

48. Age 16

51. Rare bill

53. Unvarnished

56. Govt. lawyers

57. Battery options

58. Chris of “Jurassic World”

60. Succulent source of syrup

62. Subj. of some training

63. Alternative to the pill, in brief

66. Age 18

72. Political analyst Walter

73. "It's whatever"

74. Award-winning Janelle

75. Laughing gas or quicklime

76. "The Kite Runner" protagonist

78. Goal

81. Feature of the Pizza Hut logo

82. Prefix from the Latin for "needle"

83. Age 21

87. Built-___ (some shelving)

89. Dwelling with a circular frame

90. Vacation isle in the Ionian Sea

91. Parts of vintage movie collections

96. "However …," in texts

97. Hide-out spot

98. Age 65

101. Any of the six in football's "New Year's Six"

104. Possible threat to one in debt

105. Director Kazan

106. Pirate's haul

109. __ Picchu

110. Age 100

116. Place to store seasonal décor

117. Give the lay of the land

118. Warmly acknowledges

119. Good Grief

120. Like black-tie affairs

121. Broad view

122. Social media request

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1. Worrywarts words

2. Pertaining to the pursuit of pleasure

3. Country that counts the French president as a co-prince

4. Write-in, often

5. Church recitation, at times

6. Letters aptly found in "Obamacare"

7. __ Perignon

8. Glittering

9. Singer Jackson who wasn't a part of the Jackson 5

10. Pundit's writing

11. Stick

12. Travel lead-in to "méxico"

13. Hip Hop Is Dead rapper

14. Edible shell

15. Diplomat Kofi

16. Way to bulk up one's chest

17. Opposite of un adversaire

18. Desire

19. Neighbor of Niger: Abbr.

25. "Assumption of the Virgin" painter

30. Join a petition

31. Game whose name must be said to win

32. “Proud Mary” band, for short

33. They follow quarters

34. Leechlike

35. Name rhymed with "says" in Taylor Swift's "Betty"

36. Major or May, politically

38. It may come loose

39. Nice Nikon, for short

40. Went downhill

45. Janine's boss on "Abbott Elementary"

48. “Whip It” band

49. Gawk

50. Word with ship or shorts

51. Decorate, in a way

52. Symbol for a winding road

53. Way to go

54. Good Grief

55. John who explored the Northwest Passage

58. Tour grp.

59. Mouselike

61. Tree along Central Park's Literary Walk

62. Head of staff?

64. Close relative of Hindi

65. Give some shade?

67. Years of service

68. Something on an ear … or, in a different sense, a foot

69. About whom Lennon wrote "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"

70. Thai's neighbor

71. Out of patience

77. Competitors who know their limits?

78. Together

79. Neighbor of Lebanon: Abbr.

80. Tick off

83. Picnic invitation abbr.

84. Thermostat setting

85. Val Kilmer's "Top Gun" role

86. Homophone of "wee"

87. Wee

88. Casual refusal

91. Flowing movement between yoga poses

92. QVC alternative

93. Channel owned by Paramount, for short

94. Like red card recipients

95. Deceptive argument

97. Delicately pretty

99. Gab

100. French kisser?

102. Secluded valleys

106. School with the mascot Big Al, for short

107. Oscar-nominated Lena

108. World capital with the most appearances in the New York Times crossword

109. Non-Egyptian people who used hieroglyphics

110. "___: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" (1997 nonfiction best seller)

111. Mess up

112. German for "never"

113. AOL was an early one, in brief

114. Doctoral graduation cap

115. Driver's target, in brief

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