| TEASE | "Coming up next" commercial, e.g. |
| TEASE | "Strip ___" (Carl Hiaasen novel) |
| TEASE | Act coquettish to |
| TEASE | Act the coquette |
| TEASE | Aggravate with playful intentions |
| TEASE | Annoy affectionately |
| TEASE | Annoy playfully |
| TEASE | Annoy playfully (rhymes with "lease") |
| TEASE | Annoy, lovingly |
| TEASE | Annoy, playfully (rhymes with "breeze") |
| TEASE | Annoying one |
| TEASE | Arouse desire |
| TEASE | Attempt to provoke |
| TEASE | Attempt to rag |
| TEASE | Backcomb |
| TEASE | Backcomb hair |
| TEASE | Back-comb |
| TEASE | Back-comb, maybe |
| TEASE | Badger |
| TEASE | Bait |
| TEASE | Bait, say |
| TEASE | Be a coquette |
| TEASE | Be a pest, in a way |
| TEASE | Bedevil |
| TEASE | Bring discontent to |
| TEASE | Bring up an embarrassing story about, say |
| TEASE | Bullyrag |
| TEASE | Call a "silly goose," maybe |
| TEASE | Call playful names |
| TEASE | Call playful names, say |
| TEASE | Chaff |
| TEASE | Comb backward |
| TEASE | Comb hair toward the scalp to create volume |
| TEASE | Comb in a way |
| TEASE | Comb the "wrong" way |
| TEASE | Coquette |
| TEASE | Do some light roasting |
| TEASE | Drinks to English bait |
| TEASE | Engage in trifling raillery |
| TEASE | Flirt |
| TEASE | Flirt with |
| TEASE | Flirt with, maybe |
| TEASE | Flirt with, perhaps |
| TEASE | Flirt with, say |
| TEASE | Flirtatious one |
| TEASE | Flirty one |
| TEASE | Flirty sort |
| TEASE | Fluff up |
| TEASE | Fluff up, as hair |
| TEASE | Fluff, as hair |
| TEASE | Fluff, in a way |
| TEASE | Gently mock |
| TEASE | Gently poke fun at |
| TEASE | Gently roast |
| TEASE | Get on |
| TEASE | Gibe |
| TEASE | Give a "big hair" look to |
| TEASE | Give a gentle ribbing to |
| TEASE | Give a hard time to |
| TEASE | Give body to, as hair |
| TEASE | Give hints about, but not more |
| TEASE | Hairdresser's offering |
| TEASE | Hardly the prim sort |
| TEASE | Heckle |
| TEASE | Heckle a bit |
| TEASE | Homophone of the puzzle's theme |
| TEASE | Irritate impishly |
| TEASE | Irritate or provoke jokingly |
| TEASE | Irritate playfully |
| TEASE | Jest with |
| TEASE | Joke around with |
| TEASE | Josh |
| TEASE | Josh with |
| TEASE | Kid |
| TEASE | Kid around with |
| TEASE | Kidder |
| TEASE | Laugh at someone |
| TEASE | Laugh in a mocking way |
| TEASE | Lead on |
| TEASE | Lead-in to a commercial break like "Coming up next ..." |
| TEASE | Lightly roast |
| TEASE | Light-heartedly mock or poke fun at someone |
| TEASE | Lolita, e.g. |
| TEASE | Lovingly mock |
| TEASE | Make big bangs? |
| TEASE | Make big, as hair |
| TEASE | Make frizzy |
| TEASE | Make fun |
| TEASE | Make fun of |
| TEASE | Make fun of someone |
| TEASE | Make fun of, in a playful way |
| TEASE | Make fun of, say |
| TEASE | Make hair voluminous with a comb |
| TEASE | Make one's hair stand on end? |
| TEASE | Make sport of |
| TEASE | Mess with, as hair or siblings |
| TEASE | Mimic Mae West |
| TEASE | Mischievously make fun of |
| TEASE | Mock |
| TEASE | Mock in the schoolyard |
| TEASE | Mock jocularly |
| TEASE | Mock lightly |
| TEASE | Mock mischievously |
| TEASE | Mock playfully |
| TEASE | Mock seat layout, to a point |
| TEASE | Mock, in a way |
| TEASE | Needle |
| TEASE | Needle mischievously |
| TEASE | Needle verbally |
| TEASE | Needle with jokes |
| TEASE | One likely to get men's attention |
| TEASE | Peg has a small needle |
| TEASE | Pester |
| TEASE | Pester playfully |
| TEASE | Pester, annoy |
| TEASE | Pestiferous child |
| TEASE | Pick on |
| TEASE | Pick on playfully |
| TEASE | Pick on, in a way |
| TEASE | Play an April Fool's joke on, say |
| TEASE | Play with |
| TEASE | Play with annoyingly |
| TEASE | Playful tormentor |
| TEASE | Playfully annoy |
| TEASE | Playfully flirt with |
| TEASE | Playfully make fun of someone |
| TEASE | Playfully mock |
| TEASE | Playfully mock someone |
| TEASE | Playfully provoke |
| TEASE | Poke fun |
| TEASE | Poke fun at |
| TEASE | Poke fun at (rhymes with "please") |
| TEASE | Poke fun at or mock someone |
| TEASE | Poke fun at, on the playground |
| TEASE | Poke gentle fun at |
| TEASE | Poke playful fun at |
| TEASE | Provoke |
| TEASE | Provoke jokingly |
| TEASE | Provoke pettily |
| TEASE | Provoke playfully |
| TEASE | Pull a pigtail, perhaps |
| TEASE | Pull one's leg |
| TEASE | Pull one's leg, say |
| TEASE | Pull someone's leg |
| TEASE | Purposely keep just out of reach |
| TEASE | Purposely stay just out of reach, e.g. |
| TEASE | Push someone's buttons |
| TEASE | Push someone's buttons, in a way |
| TEASE | Rag |
| TEASE | Rag on |
| TEASE | Razz |
| TEASE | Razz playfully |
| TEASE | Rib |
| TEASE | Rib, taunt |
| TEASE | Ride |
| TEASE | Ridicule |
| TEASE | Ridicule beverages, say |
| TEASE | Ridicule drinks, say |
| TEASE | Ridicule golf pegs, say |
| TEASE | Ridicule new seat, to a point |
| TEASE | Ridicule someone |
| TEASE | Ruffle, as hair |
| TEASE | Ruffle, as hair (back-comb) |
| TEASE | Say "Nyah nyah!" to |
| TEASE | Say "Nyah, nyah!" to |
| TEASE | Say "nyah, nyah," say |
| TEASE | Scorpions "___ Me Please Me" |
| TEASE | See 16 Across |
| TEASE | See 2 |
| TEASE | See 2 Down |
| TEASE | Show a short trailer for |
| TEASE | Show just a little bit of leg, say |
| TEASE | Style, as hair into a bouffant |
| TEASE | Subject to a ribbing |
| TEASE | TV promo, essentially |
| TEASE | Take a playful poke at |
| TEASE | Tantalise |
| TEASE | Tantalize |
| TEASE | Taunt |
| TEASE | Taunt terribly |
| TEASE | Tempt |
| TEASE | The first to relax and ridicule |
| TEASE | Time to relax and wind up |
| TEASE | To frizz and puff your hair, popular in the 80s |
| TEASE | To make fun of or provoke using fun |
| TEASE | Torment |
| TEASE | Torment playfully |
| TEASE | Toy with |
| TEASE | Trifle with |
| TEASE | Twit |
| TEASE | Verb for which synonyms can be found at the beginnings of the starred answers |
| TEASE | What good movie trailers do |
| TEASE | What movie trailers do |
| TEASE | With 1-Down, carefully separate, as entwined things |
| TEASE | Work on hair, maybe |
| TEASE | *Mock |