Pain in the neck
The crossword clue "Pain in the neck" is answered by DRAG, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DRAG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRAG answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DRAG
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRAG, most used first.
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- Pull along - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Haul - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
- Kind of race - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Party pooper - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Pull from behind - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Boring event - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Downer - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Wind resistance - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Wet blanket - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Bore - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Big bore - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Move with a mouse - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Pull - used 10 times, most recently in 2004
- Tow along - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Pull with difficulty - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Pull along the ground - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Retarding force - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Tow - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Type of race - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Lag behind. - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Pass slowly - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- ___ queen - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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