### Clue: Scold overwrought pointless article (8)
### Answer: HARRIDAN 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Scold
  HARRID{"harried",overwrought,harassed **minus**(less) "e",east,compass point} AN(the indefinite article)
Defn:  Noun for a person, usually a woman, who constantly finds fault.   Interestingly, in early common law, a common scold was a habitually rude and brawling woman whose conduct was subject to punishment as a public nuisance!