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Gadfly Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is CLEG which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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97%4Exact Match!
noun

• large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

96%8Exact Match!
noun

• (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

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noun

• a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

• any epidemic disease with a high death rate

• a persistently annoying person

• any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

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Telegraph Cross Atlantic01 Aug 2024 Across 44
New York Times17 Oct 2020 Down 13
New York Times03 Mar 1989 Down 37
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