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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

RAG
A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

RIB
Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

KID
Young goat

COD
Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

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

VEX
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"

4 letters

MOCK
The act of mocking or ridiculing; "they made a mock of him"

GIBE
An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

CARD
One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"

MINX
A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

VAMP
Piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe

JOSH
Be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

RAZZ
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

JEST
Activity characterized by good humor

RIDE
A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car"

TWIT
Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

BAIT
Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

5 letters

RAGON

FLIRT
Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

TAUNT
Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

RAGON

VEXER
Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

RALLY
The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack"

FLUFF
A blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

CHAFF
Foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure

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"

TEMPT
Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"

6 letters

LOLITA
A sexually precocious young girl

GOOFON

DERIDE
Treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

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

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

WINDUP
A concluding action

TEASER
An attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show

VAMPER
A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

LOOSEN
Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

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

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

7 letters

TOYWITH
Take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"

TORMENT
The act of harassing someone

ANNOYER
Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

RIBBING
A framework of ribs

TEASING
The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

8 letters

COQUETTE
A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

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"

RIDICULE
The act of deriding or treating with contempt

9 letters

TITILLATE
Excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine"

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

TANTALISE
Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

TANTALIZE
Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

10 letters

TEASEAPART
Disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

11 letters

PRICKTEASER
A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

13 letters

TAKETHEMICKEY

TANTALIZATION
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"