### Clue: Offensively obtrusive and pointless complaint by social worker (7)
### Answer: BLATANT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Offensively obtrusive
 BLAT{"bleat",a complaint ***minus*** "e"(abbrev. for East,compass point) (pointless) } ***plus***(by) ANT(a social insect, one of whose castes is the worker).
Answer: Offensively obtrusive, as with loud noises, loud clothes, etc