### Clue: Tap on counter — a quarter admitted it's annoying (7)
### Answer: BUGBEAR 
 ### Explanation: Definition: it's annoying
 BUG(to tap/to eavesdrop electronically) **placed above**(on, in a down clue) BAR(a counter found in, well, a bar) **containing**(… admitted) E(abbrev. for "east", a quarter/a direction or point of the compass).