Pain in the butt Crossword Clue

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Pain in the butt Crossword Answer

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HASSLE

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
2. a persistently annoying person

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BUTT (noun)
1. a victim of ridicule or pranks
2. a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
BUTT (verb)
1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
2. to strike, thrust or shove against
PAIN (verb)
1. cause emotional anguish or make miserable
2. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
PAIN (noun)
1. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
2. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

HASSLE
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (3/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. Place to crash

5. Bubbly beverage

9. Unflinching in the face of danger

14. Indigo dye

15. R&B singer Redding

16. Title girl in a Beach Boys hit

17. Thin Mints and Tagalongs

20. In danger of being lost

21. Spice mixture

22. Sci-fi character who says "Your father, he is"

23. Successor to F.D.R.

24. Midwest capital named for a president

26. One in a breakfast chain?

29. D- or F-worthy

32. "It's super-appreciated!," in a modern initialism

33. Holm of “The Hobbit”

34. Museum of the Moving ___ (site dedicated to TV and film)

36. Many a North African

37. Dose dropped for a trip

41. Fairy tale villain

42. Actress Kirsten

44. Little squirt in a garage, say

45. Turn suddenly

46. Like the last name of poet William Wordsworth

47. Likely to attract attention, as a criminal case

52. Revels in

54. Higher educ. assessment

55. Smoothie fruit

57. Portuguese greeting

58. Victorio and Geronimo, for two

62. Hopelessly internet-brained ... or a description of the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across?

65. "Space ___" (1969 David Bowie single)

66. Props for a golfer

67. De-wrinkle

68. Shakes hands with, perhaps

69. Have over to one's house

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Down

1. Sprawling story

2. "Doing as we speak!"

3. Seasonal tree purchases

4. Clumsy

5. Old-fashioned, for one

6. Great Plains tribe

7. Actor Simu ___ of "Barbie"

8. Concerning the stars

9. Network with "Dexter" and "Shameless," in brief

10. Home to Shibuya Crossing, the world's busiest pedestrian intersection

11. Deli order that may lead to pungent breath

12. Like patrons at the door of a "21+ only" nightclub, informally

13. "Mi ___, su ___"

16. Bird that sings at dawn

18. Attitude

19. Rapper Kid ___

24. Put back together

25. Enjoy the slopes

26. Pancake topper

27. Like some experimental theater

28. What to go to Citgo to get

30. See eye to eye

31. Road Xing animal

32. "And that's the trick!"

35. Film snippet

38. Bests

39. Lungful

40. Bit of internet writing

43. Howeer

48. It might be dramatic or cosmic

49. ___ monster (Southwest reptile)

50. Hospital concern

51. QB Tarkenton

53. Minimum or maximum

55. Small bit of matter

56. Relinquish

58. Nautical assents

59. Bring on for a job

60. Grandson of Adam and Eve

61. Label that's typically between "Inbox" and "Drafts"

63. "___ all good, my man!"

64. Actor DiCaprio, to fans

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