Irritate, with “on” Crossword Clue

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Irritate, with “on” Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. gnaw into; make resentful or angry
2. scratch repeatedly
(noun)
1. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
2. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

Hint 2: Clue Definition

IRRITATE (verb)
1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
2. excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame

Hint 3: Anagram

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5. Director John with a namesake trophy at the Independent Spirit Awards

15. "Yeah … pass"

16. Title role in a classic German silent film

17. Balance ___

18. Second World War battle regarded as a turning point for the Allied powers

19. Comic-book artist, sometimes

21. Ellie the Elephant and Skye the Lioness, e.g.

22. Entries in red

25. Stooge brother with bangs

26. Taking the plunge

28. Avian producers of “songs of death,” in “Richard III”

32. Vegan gelatin substitute

34. Like Blackpink’s Lisa, by origin

35. Approach to upbringing that dissuades upbraiding

39. Dadaist collagist Hannah

40. Got into, as a bag of chips

41. Elizabethan and Jacobean, e.g.

42. Instruction to one getting a back tattoo, say

44. Perfect score or half a score

45. Homer’s ‘wine-dark’ sea

47. Takes off the market

51. Belgian modernist James

53. Reach followers in real time

56. It may be brushed on naan

57. Persistent irrational thoughts, in slang

58. Clasped

59. Washington post?

60. “This rule ___ underrated / Keep your family and business completely separated” (Notorious B.I.G. lyrics)

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1. Platform featuring works by auteur filmmakers

2. Tweak

3. Campy performance by Debra Paget in Fritz Lang’s “The Indian Tomb”

4. Most pre-twentieth-century deliveries

5. Some old media

6. Word with house or school

7. Racket

8. Makings of a hero?

9. Lurie who won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel “Foreign Affairs”

10. Rapper Staples

11. Brand of toaster treat

12. Sharp, in a way

13. Ballpark figs.

14. Cookie Monster's real name

20. Foe

23. Boat brand for water-skiers and wakeboarders

24. Like some decisions

28. Chef and cookbook author Yotam

29. Careens (around)

30. Rural route, perhaps

31. Symbol

32. Name from an Ottoman honorific

33. Trivial Pursuit category: Abbr.

36. Luxemburg who wrote “The Accumulation of Capital”

37. Mononymous set designer for the Ziegfeld Follies

38. Montagne covering

42. "___ forget …"

43. They might be first on the agenda, briefly

44. Quaint contraction

46. Christmas carols

47. Bleak

48. Actor Peters of "American Horror Story"

49. “A role that was more difficult than most people might think,” per George Lucas

50. Arid

52. Give a face-lift

53. Reduced weight?

54. Org. for residents

55. Yellowstone setting: Abbr.

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