| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| FLIRTATIOUS | Teasing | |
| RIBS | Teasing remarks | |
| RIB | Teasing remark | |
| KIDDING | Gently teasing | |
| GIVEANDTAKE | Teasing repartee | |
| TANTALISED | Tormented by teasing | |
| TANTALISES | Frustrates by teasing | |
| TANTALIZES | Frustrates by teasing | |
| BANTER | Playfully teasing language | |
| TANTALIZINGLY | In a tantalizing or teasing manner. | |
| EASING | Taking a break from teasing ... don’t start! | |
| NAGGING | Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache. | |
| ITCH | To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears. | |
| IMPORTUNATE | Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity. | |
| TANTALISM | A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization. | |
| HARASS | To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. | |