The term ANNOY can be broken down into a variety of crossword solutions, such as GET (3 letters), RIDE (4 letters), GRIND (5 letters), FRET (4 letters), EMBARRASS (9 letters), AFFLICT (7 letters), AFFRONT (7 letters), BUG (3 letters), EAT (3 letters), IRE (3 letters), IRK (3 letters), RUB (3 letters), TRY (3 letters), VEX (3 letters), FAZE (4 letters), INNE (4 letters), MIFF (4 letters), RILE (4 letters), ROIL (4 letters), CHAFE (5 letters), EATAT (5 letters), GETAT (5 letters), GETTO (5 letters), GRATE (5 letters), PEEVE (5 letters), PIQUE (5 letters), TEASE (5 letters), BOTHER (6 letters), HARASS (6 letters), HASSLE (6 letters), HECKLE (6 letters), MOLEST (6 letters), NETTLE (6 letters), PESTER (6 letters), RANKLE (6 letters), WEARON (6 letters), GRATEON (7 letters), IRRITATE (8 letters), DISPLEASE (9 letters), and GETONESGOAT (11 letters). These words all have the same meaning, which is to cause irritation or annoyance. This could be done in a variety of ways, such as by riding someone, grinding something, fretting, embarrassing, afflicting, affronting, bugging, eating, ireing, irking, rubbing, trying, vexxing, fazing, inneing, miffing, riling, roiling, chafing, eatating, getating, gettoing, grating, peeving, piquing, teasing, bothering, harassing, hassling, heckling, molesting, nettling, pestering, rankling, wearing on, grating on, irritating, displeasing, or getting one's goat.