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Share rating at upper limit? That's annoying (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pesky

'annoying' is the definition.
(I know that annoying can be written as pesky)

'share rating at upper limit?' is the wordplay.
'share rating' becomes 'PE' (as in P/E, priceearnings ratio).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'upper limit?' becomes 'sky' ('the sky's the limit!').
'pe'+'sky'='PESKY'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for pesky that I've seen before include "Annoying - troublesome" , "Bothersome" , "Annoying (informal)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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