Irritant in one's side
The crossword clue "Irritant in one's side" is answered by THORN, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
THORN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THORN answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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