The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BANE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2019.
Thorn in one's side crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BANE | 61 % | 4 |
| PEST | 21 % | 4 |
| PEEVE | 7 % | 5 |
| BETENOIRE | 4 % | 9 |
| PAIN | 4 % | 4 |
| IRRITATION | 4 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Thorn in one's side
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Crossword Answer definitions
BANE noun- A cause of misery or death.
- Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
- A killer, murderer, slayer.
- Destruction; death.
- A disease of sheep.
- To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
- To be the bane of.
- Bone
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BANE
- Deadly poison
- Ruination
- Thorn in one's side
- Canker
- Cause of ruination
- Curse
- Opposite of 5D
- Source of ruin
- Ruin
- Bête noire
More clues leading to the result PEST
- Dennis, to Mr. Wilson
- Annoying one
- Burr under the saddle
- Insecticide victim
- Nuisance
- Annoying person
- Exterminator's quarry
- Roach or slug
- Roach, for one
- Royal pain
More clues leading to the result PEEVE
More clues leading to the result BETENOIRE
- Bane of one's existence
- Pet peeve
- Bugbear
- Object of dread
- Bane
- Persona non grata
- Thorn in one's side
- Bugbear.
- Bugaboo
- More than a nuisance
More clues leading to the result PAIN
- Agony
- Pesky kid
- Soreness
- Advil target
- "No ___, no gain"
- Pesky kid, e.g.
- Gain prerequisite
- Annoyance
- Obnoxious brat
- World of hurt