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Provoked (7)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">provoked</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(needling is a kind of provoking)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for needled that I've seen before include "was annoying" , "Irked" , "Piqued" , "Annoyed - provoked" , "bugged" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Mirror, the Evening Standard and The Sun.
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