Pesky bug Crossword Clue

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Pesky 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

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
PESKY (adjective)
1. causing irritation or annoyance

Hint 3: Anagram

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TANG

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (1/16/2026) Answers

Across

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11. Cover in paper, as a gift

15. Words accompanying a knock on the door

16. Modern initialism for Black dialect

17. Like a situation with potentially dire consequences

19. "___, sing America" (first line of a Langston Hughes poem)

20. Buildup on a knickknack shelf

21. Animals commonly confused with sea lions

22. Sound from a crow

23. Douglas ___ (common Christmas tree)

24. Red container for fuel

25. English noblewoman known as the "Nine Days Queen"

28. Single-stranded genetic material

29. Making weary

32. Enthusiastic cry before a concert, perhaps

34. One side of a sign on a shop door

35. Cuts up

37. Tennis icon Arthur

38. Fund-raiser that encourages reading

40. Delights

42. No spring chicken

43. @

45. Initials initially used to describe Nancy Reagan

47. Have a meal

48. Cleaning tool that might be purchased with a bucket

51. Global currency market, for short

52. Requirement

54. Word before Below or Guys, in company names

55. ___ Rachel Wood, "Westworld" actress

56. Vehicle attachment that's used to haul another vehicle

58. Thick peel

59. George Orwell allegory in which Stalin is represented by a pig named Napoleon

60. Plops down on a chair

61. Décor for people who are bad at watering things

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Down

1. No-frills

2. Soul singer Baker

3. At this point

4. Musician Ono

5. ___-Caps (candy brand)

6. What organizing a distracted group of people might be compared to

7. "Yeah, right"

8. Amazes

9. Give off, as light

10. Sleep stage that involves dreaming, for short

11. Earnings

12. Came upon

13. Overwhelming amount, in a snowy metaphor

14. Ball pythons kept in terrariums, e.g.

21. "___ who?"

23. One might revolve around a light on the ceiling

24. Receives some unfair criticism

25. "High" kind of antic

26. Renown that might accompany fame

27. Part of a set of exercises

29. Exciting outcomes of successful interviews

30. NASA spaceflight that aired "The Wally, Walt, and Donn Show," the first live broadcast from space

31. Product that might have an antiperspirant

33. Soccer great González

36. That guy's

39. ___ pas (embarrassing gaffe)

41. Word, in French

44. What to do "in St. Louis," in an old song

46. Is inclined (to)

48. Italian city known for its fashion district

49. Done openly

50. '80s hair treatments

52. Granny

53. Composer Satie

54. World Cup org.

56. Half-___ (latte option)

57. Opposite of none

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