Vex
Crossword Clue and Answers

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 6 Dec 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 2 Nov 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 28 Aug 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Monday, 8 Mar 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Tuesday, 8 Dec 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 1 Apr 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 18 Apr 2017
  • The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 10 Nov 2016

Crossword Answers

3 letters

IRK
Irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

IRE
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

NAG
An old or over-worked horse

GET
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

RAG
A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

EAT
Take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

BUG
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

4 letters

GNAW
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

NARK
A lawman concerned with narcotics violations

POSE
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

ROIL
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

BEAT
The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

MIFF
Cause to be annoyed; "His behavior really miffed me"

RILE
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

FRET
A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

5 letters

HAUNT
A frequently visited place

PEEVE
An annoyed or irritated mood

CHAFE
Anger produced by some annoying irritation

ANNOY
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

TEASE
The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"

AMAZE
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

WORRY
Touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads"

DEVIL
A word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"

GETAT
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

GETTO
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

STICK
Stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

STUMP
Remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"

ANGER
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

EATAT
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

6 letters

TEEOFF
Strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole

PLAGUE
An annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"

RANKLE
Gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

OFFEND
Cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"

MOLEST
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

GRAVEL
Rock fragments and pebbles

BOTHER
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled

PUZZLE
A game that tests your ingenuity

STIRUP
Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

BAFFLE
A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

HARASS
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

NETTLE
Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

WORKUP Surinder Sobti
Develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"

RUFFLE Surinder Sobti
A noisy fight

PUTOUT Surinder Sobti
An out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts"

PICKON Surinder Sobti

POTHER Surinder Sobti
An excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

PESTER Surinder Sobti
Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

NEEDLE Surinder Sobti
A slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

HECKLE Surinder Sobti
A comb for separating flax fibers

HECTOR Surinder Sobti
(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War

MADDEN Surinder Sobti
Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

BADGER Surinder Sobti
Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

BURNUP Surinder Sobti
The amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor)

AROUSE Surinder Sobti
Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

ABRADE Surinder Sobti
Wear away

7 letters

PERTURB Surinder Sobti
Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

PROVOKE Surinder Sobti
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

PUTTOIT Surinder Sobti

INFLAME Surinder Sobti
Cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"

OUTRAGE Surinder Sobti
A wantonly cruel act

INCENSE Surinder Sobti
The pleasing scent produced when incense is burned; "incense filled the room"

CONCERN Surinder Sobti
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

FATIGUE Surinder Sobti
(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"

BRISTLE Surinder Sobti
A stiff hair

FLUMMOX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

MYSTIFY
Make mysterious; "mystify the story"

NONPLUS
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

PERPLEX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

STUPEFY
Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"

AGITATE
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

COMMOVE
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

DISTURB
Change the arrangement or position of

RAISEUP
Change the arrangement or position of

SHAKEUP
The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"

TORMENT
The act of harassing someone

BEDEVIL
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

AFFLICT
Cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"

TROUBLE
An effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

8 letters

CONFOUND
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

AGGRIEVE
Infringe on the rights of

IRRITATE
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

BEWILDER
Cause to be confused emotionally

DISQUITE Surinder Sobti

DISTRESS Surinder Sobti
The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"

EXERCISE Surinder Sobti
The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit"

BROWNOFF Surinder Sobti

EMBITTER Surinder Sobti
Cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

BULLYRAG Surinder Sobti
Be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

9 letters

DUMBFOUND
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

BELEAGUER
Surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"

AGGRAVATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

DISPLEASE
Give displeasure to

PERSECUTE Surinder Sobti
Cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

EMBARRASS Surinder Sobti
Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

MAKEANGRY Surinder Sobti

DISCOMFIT Surinder Sobti
Cause to lose one's composure

INFURIATE Surinder Sobti
Make furious

DISTEMPER Surinder Sobti
A method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery

10 letters

DISCOMPOSE Surinder Sobti
Cause to lose one's composure

DISCOURAGE Surinder Sobti
Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"

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