The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPLINTER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SPLINTER
- Sort of group that gets under your skin?
- Sellers turned up bearing dressing material for minor wound
- Variable indefinite number triples? That’s an irritation
- Little pieces of fibre blocking malfunctioning press
- Type of group that might get under one’s skin?
- Bolt, maybe turning one right to left produces a sharp fragment
- Chip off the old block
- Carve note inside emergency room with piece of wood
- . Piece from thin strip of wood holds temperature with resistance
- After beginning of sunset, artist left for a break
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The straight part
We know that "That’s an irritation" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case that’s an irritation = splinter.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 SPLINTER mean?
SPLINTER noun- A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
- A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
- A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
- To come apart into long sharp fragments.
- To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
- (of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
- To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.