The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NEEDLING
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More clues leading to the result NEEDLING
- Requiring 50 to be accommodated? Annoying
- Irritating demand by Heather
- Short of Liberal dons? That’s annoying
- Essential to accept money, which is causing irritation
- Irritating rogue in legend
- Extremely loud backfiring inside reconditioned engine, it’s irritating
- Must have fish? That’s annoying
- Demand for female in affair is irritating
- Winding up Miss Heather
- Legend in fancy sewing
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The straight part
We know that "irritating" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case irritating = needling.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NEEDLING mean?
NEEDLING noun- A needy person.
- To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
- To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
- To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.