Niggling Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Friday, November 30, 2001 · 7-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Friday, November 30, 2001.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · November 30, 2001 · 7-Down · 5 letters
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(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
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