Possible Clues:

• Like a pain, terribly sore in age
• Tedious spell collecting cycled mineral aggregates
• Boring book about anger and self-control, primarily
• Boring or annoying
• Trying, vexatious
• Trying to rise, shattered crossword setter
• Tax on total amount reportedly is annoying
• Irritating irregular rise in volume
• Growing old
• Irritating Tories upset Middle East leaders ...