The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BADGER
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More clues leading to the result BADGER
- Evil King Edward blocked by good Harry
- Pester Republican with emblem of office
- Gallon consumed by renowned pilot Harry
- Hound finds elusive burrowing creature
- Pester animal
- Second class failing grade worry
- Pester evil European, man not wanted
- Harass a wild animal
- Emblem right for plague
- Harry the weasel’s relative
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The straight part
We know that "Hound/elusive burrowing creature" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hound/elusive burrowing creature = badger.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BADGER mean?
BADGER noun- Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
- A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
- A brush made of badger hair.
- (in the plural) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
- To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
- To pass gas; to fart.
- An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.