The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TIRESOME
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More clues leading to the result TIRESOME
- Heavy book about anger, small and boring
- Irritating irregular rise in volume
- Boring father, first to last immersed in work
- Dull book about rise of anagram maker
- Boring book about passion ultimately sucks
- Remote is broken — it’s annoying
- Annoying failure first covered up in magazine
- Abnormal rise in volume that’s annoying
- Old timer’s rambling anecdote ultimately is boring
- Boring book about anger on top of softbacks
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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 = tiresome.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TIRESOME mean?
TIRESOME adjective- Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.