Crossword clues like “Bug” have been solved before, and the answers below were used in those completions. They reflect patterns seen in well-constructed, editor-approved puzzles.
Likely Answers:
- WIRETAP
- IRK
- GERM
- INSECT
- TAP
- NAG
- GRATEON
- PESTER
- FLU
- NETTLE
- IRRITATE
- LOUSE
- VIRUS
- RILE
- PEEVE
- ERROR
- WIRE
- GETTO
- VEX
Synonyms and Definitions
WIRETAP
- Synonyms: intercept, tap
IRK
- Synonyms: gall
- Definition: Annoy or bother
GERM
- Synonyms: microbe, seed, source
INSECT
- Synonyms: dirt ball, louse, worm
TAP
- Synonyms: beg, dab, exploit, hydrant, knock, pat, pink, rap, solicit, spigot, strike, tapdance, tip, water faucet, water tap, wiretap
- Definition: the noise produced by a soft strike
NAG
- Synonyms: common scold, hack, hen-peck, jade, nagger, peck, plug, scold, scolder
- Definition: A person, particularly a woman, who irritates others by incessantly pointing out mistakes.
PESTER
- Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, tease
- Definition: Continuously irritate
FLU
- Synonyms: grippe, influenza
NETTLE
- Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, rag, rile, urticate, vex
- Definition: Numerous plants, particularly those belonging to the Urtica genus or Urticaceae family, have stinging hairs that cause skin irritation upon touch.
IRRITATE
- Synonyms: nettle
- Definition: Provoke irritation in; disrupt, particularly through small annoyances.
LOUSE
- Synonyms: bird louse, biting louse, insect, plant louse, sucking louse
- Definition: A typically flat, blood-drinking insect without wings that is parasitic and depends on warm-blooded animals.
VIRUS
- Synonyms: computer virus
RILE
- Synonyms: roil
- Definition: Provoke irritation in; unsettle, particularly through small annoyances.
PEEVE
- Definition: a bothered or agitated state of mind
ERROR
- Synonyms: computer error, erroneous belief, erroneousness, fault, misplay, mistake, wrongdoing
WIRE
- Synonyms: cable, conducting wire, electrify, telegram, telegraph
VEX
- Synonyms: agitate, amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, commove, disturb, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, raise up, shake up, stick, stir up, stupefy, worry
- Definition: Provoke irritation in; disrupt, particularly through small annoyances.