Pain in the neck
The crossword clue "Pain in the neck" is answered by KINK, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
KINK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KINK answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for KINK
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- Hose problem - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Neck problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Eccentricity - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Garden hose problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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