Bug Crossword Clue

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Bug Crossword Answer

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GLITCH

(6 letters)

INSECT

(6 letters)

RILE

(4 letters)

IRK

(3 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)

PESTER

(6 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

GLITCH
(6 letters)
INSECT
(6 letters)
RILE
(4 letters)
IRK
(3 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)
PESTER
(6 letters)
ERROR
(5 letters)
PEEVE
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Universal Crossword (3/16/2026) Answers

Across

1. Handed out playing cards

6. Execs who work with balance sheets

10. AI-generated junk

14. Sleep condition

15. Its color is said to reflect one's spiritual state

16. Maori dance that the All Blacks perform before rugby matches

17. 62-Across for big trucks

19. Shape for some mirrors

20. Polluter's payment

21. They hold frozen cubes

23. Not bold

24. Coffee holder

26. Milk, at a cafe

27. 62-Across for abs

32. Foot's curve

35. Make an effort

36. Walk like a crab

37. With 34-Down, style influenced by hippies

38. 3.8, e.g.

40. Elisabeth of Leaving Las Vegas

41. Releases

43. It's often cut short

46. 62-Across for Tex-Mex

48. One may work at H&R Block

49. ___-Air (ritzy neighborhood)

50. Alignment

52. Rhyming Hawaiian dish topped with gravy and a fried egg

57. Not bold, perhaps

61. Hydrogen or helium particle

62. Intense stretch, and a theme hint

64. Area of development

65. Hum-powered instrument

66. Luciferian

67. Seven ___

68. Pledged

69. Tenant's payment

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Down

1. Agatha Christie and Elizabeth Taylor, for two

2. Era

4. In case

5. Mat found in a ryokan

6. One may be in a lot

7. Peak seen in "The Great Wave off Kanagawa"

8. Guide for ancient Greeks

9. Equivalent to

10. Select for final consideration

11. It can be over 1,000 degrees Celsius

12. Approve

13. Buddies

18. Rejoice

22. Some poker tells

25. Use mouthwash

27. Enters the picture unexpectedly?

28. Errors in fat-fingered texts

29. LIKE A TEMPORARY COMMITTEE

30. Sound heard in a ramen restaurant

31. "Buh-bye!"

32. Provide immoral support?

33. Type of tomato

34. See 37-Across

39. 'No ifs, __ or buts!'

42. Wineglass part

44. Whitney Houston or Cher

45. Electronic pop instrument, for short

47. Bike securers named for their shape

51. Provide hors d'oeuvres, say

52. They've been enacted

53. Native people who speak Chiwere

54. Food ___ (post-feast phenomenon)

55. Sticking point

56. Greek anise-flavored aperitif

58. Real-time

59. Sign me up!

60. Gaul or Gael

63. Neither's partner

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