Drive up the wall
The crossword clue "Drive up the wall" is answered by IRK, a 3-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IRK
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRK answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DERANGE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for IRK
Every other clue in this collection answered by IRK, most used first.
- Annoy - used 317 times, most recently in 2026
- Tick off - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
- Bug - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Bother - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Nettle - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Vex - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Rub the wrong way - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritate - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Aggravate - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Peeve - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Rankle - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Exasperate - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Get to - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Grate on - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Perturb - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Make angry - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Miff - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Tee off - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
- Really bug - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Trouble. - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Get under one's skin - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Gall - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Rile - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Pester - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Provoke - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Anger - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bore. - used 7 times, most recently in 1974
- Bug big-time - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Get one's goat - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Get under the skin of - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Put out - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Really get to - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Ruffle - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Chafe - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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