Provoke or irritate Crossword Clue

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Provoke or irritate Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. irritate or vex

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PROVOKE (verb)
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur
IRRITATE (verb)
1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
2. excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame

Hint 3: Anagram

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

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4. Airport screening agency: Abbr.

7. Gawk at someone creepily (anagram of "loge")

11. Flightless Australian bird that can grow up to two meters tall

12. Swimmer's units

13. Horned farm animal whose kid is called "kid"

14. Pest at a picnic

15. Knights' titles

16. Lambs' fathers

17. Use a shovel

18. Boxing legend Muhammad ___

19. Track event where runners pass a baton to the next team member, in a race to cross the finish line first

20. Stuck in a ___ (mundane routine)

22. TV scientist Bill ___:

24. "___ Fire" (Springsteen hit): 2 wds.

26. Cash left for a waiter

27. Lawn layer

30. Water sport also called "crew," where teams propel their boats in unison, in a race to cross the finish line first

33. Oslo's country

35. Next of ___ (relative)

36. Organization whose symbol is a snake around a pole: Abbr.

38. Ireland, to its residents

39. Hosts at award functions: Abbr.

40. Fruity jarful

41. ___ racing, equestrian sport where jockeys guide their mounts around a track, in a race to cross the finish line first

45. Like some blankets meant for extreme cold

49. Grand in scale

50. "Eek, ___!" (cry of alarm from one who's spotted Remy, perhaps): 2 wds.

51. Like cold stares

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55. Adjust, as an alarm

56. Pirate's affirmative

57. Sound of the seventh letter

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Down

1. ___ over heels

2. Prefix with "present" or "potent"

3. Gotten too big for, as one's childhood clothes

4. Squirrel's bushy part

5. Short-distance track event where runners dash at full speed, in a race to cross the finish line first

6. Beast of burden

7. Shrek, for one

8. What is scored in a game of soccer

9. Dalai ___, Tibetan spiritual leader

10. Artsy online marketplace

12. To-be-attorney's exam (anagram of "slat"): Abbr.

19. Seized vehicle, for short

21. Prefix with "verse" or "cycle"

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25. "Me," to a mademoiselle

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28. Manual boat propeller

29. What makes a red-velvet cake red, typically

31. Every newborn gets one

32. Automobile manufacturer of Acadia and Terrain: Abbr.

34. Where a car's trunk is

37. Lead ___ (misguide)

40. Jacuzzi feature with a nozzle

41. "Is ___ dot, or is ..." ("Particle Man" lyric): 2 wds.

42. Magnum ___ (artist's best work)

43. Formal ceremony

44. Edinburgh resident, for short

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