Ticks off

The answer

MIFFS

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 10 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.

• IRES (61 uses in xd)
• IRKS (56 uses in xd)
• ANGERS (25 uses in xd)
• RILES (18 uses in xd)
• STEAMS (12 uses in xd)

Other clues for MIFFS

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

• Annoys - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Offends - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Irritates - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

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• Ward off - AVERT, used 152 times
• Cut off - SEVER, used 104 times
• Put off - DEFER, used 99 times
• Kick off - START, used 85 times
• Ward off - REPEL, used 81 times

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