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"Pet" annoyance

Answer: PEEVE - 5 letters

The crossword clue ""Pet" annoyance" is answered by PEEVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 45 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

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PEEVE

PEEVE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEEVE answer page.

45Times used
22Distinct years
2026Most recent year
18Publications

Used 45 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PEEVE

Every other clue in this collection answered by PEEVE, most used first.

  • Irritate - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
  • Annoy - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
  • Annoyance - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
  • Pet ___ - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
  • Tick off - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
  • Irk - used 22 times, most recently in 2025

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