Acerbic Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 08 Nov 2023

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SPIKY
5 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Like many punk hairstylesCrossword Clue
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Like some moussed hairCrossword Clue
Like some punk rockers' hairCrossword Clue
Like Bart Simpson's hairCrossword Clue
Bad-tempered detective disrupts TV companyCrossword Clue
Like some punk hairstylesCrossword Clue

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ACID
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Heartburn catalystCrossword Clue
Lemon juice, e.gCrossword Clue
Word after "citric" or "sulfuric"Crossword Clue
Base's counterpartCrossword Clue
Nosrat's "Salt Fat ___ Heat"Crossword Clue
Lemon juice or vinegarCrossword Clue
Battery componentCrossword Clue
(Nitric [?) rain]Crossword Clue
Corrosive stuffCrossword Clue
What’s way off base?Crossword Clue

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ACRID
5 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
PungentCrossword Clue
BitterCrossword Clue
Bitter-tastingCrossword Clue
Like the smell of burned rubberCrossword Clue
Unpleasant-smellingCrossword Clue
Foul-smellingCrossword Clue

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BITING
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Very cold — incisiveCrossword Clue
Icy coldCrossword Clue
Cold metal, large cupsCrossword Clue
Extremely cold, some climb it in GarmischCrossword Clue
Great to drink can - bitterCrossword Clue
Like something pungent? Crooner captures itCrossword Clue
Cold metal, large trapsCrossword Clue
Grand houses can chillCrossword Clue
Keen to pump metal into giantCrossword Clue
Generous to carry the can? Thats harshCrossword Clue

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BITTER
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Resentful person doing repairs swapping France for BelgiumCrossword Clue
26 19's tart?Crossword Clue
Like grapefruit or arugulaCrossword Clue
Cold beerCrossword Clue
One of the five basic tastesCrossword Clue
AcrimoniousCrossword Clue
What might come from mash being cold?Crossword Clue
ResentfulCrossword Clue
Broodingly resentful piece on the origins of the Easter RisingCrossword Clue
Please, in Germany, with right type of beerCrossword Clue

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HARSH
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Like some criticism and winter weatherCrossword Clue
SevereCrossword Clue
Excessively negative, as criticismCrossword Clue
"You're being really critical"Crossword Clue
Rather severeCrossword Clue
AbrasiveCrossword Clue
InhospitableCrossword Clue
RigorousCrossword Clue
BrutalCrossword Clue

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SHARP
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like some cheddarCrossword Clue
Accidental – tartCrossword Clue
#, on a music scoreCrossword Clue
#VanityFair's star figureCrossword Clue
What "#" can meanCrossword Clue
#smartandstylishCrossword Clue
Like some aged cheddarCrossword Clue
Like some cheddar and knivesCrossword Clue
Like most knivesCrossword Clue
Quick-wittedCrossword Clue

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SOUR
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like a limeCrossword Clue
Like some beer served in a tulip glassCrossword Clue
Like limesCrossword Clue
Not sweetCrossword Clue
Tart-tastingCrossword Clue
One of the five basic tastesCrossword Clue
___ Patch Kids (gummy candy)Crossword Clue
Sweet and ___Crossword Clue
Olivia Rodrigo's debut albumCrossword Clue
Like green apples and lemonsCrossword Clue

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TART
4 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Open-topped pieCrossword Clue
TangyCrossword Clue
Fruit-filled pastryCrossword Clue
Dessert that rarely lives up to its nameCrossword Clue
Pucker-inducingCrossword Clue
Bitter – sweet, possiblyCrossword Clue
Open-top pastryCrossword Clue
Sharp-tastingCrossword Clue
SourCrossword Clue

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VINEGARY
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Wine from France and Spain Lineker found acidicCrossword Clue
It can make a gin very bitterCrossword Clue
Player, perhaps, underneath plant, sharpCrossword Clue
Like much Italian dressingCrossword Clue
Sour tastingCrossword Clue
Hardly vintageCrossword Clue
Sourish, as bad wineCrossword Clue
Like some salad dressingCrossword Clue

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BITINGCHERRY
12 Letters

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CITRICCRITIC
12 Letters

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SLOE
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Gin flavoringCrossword Clue
Gin flavorerCrossword Clue
Gin typeCrossword Clue
Sour fruitCrossword Clue
___ gin fizzCrossword Clue
BlackthornCrossword Clue
Gin typeCrossword Clue
Gin typeCrossword Clue
Sour blue-black fruitCrossword Clue
Plumlike gin flavoringCrossword Clue

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BARB
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Fish-hook’s business endCrossword Clue
Hurtful remarkCrossword Clue
Pointed commentCrossword Clue
ZingerCrossword Clue
Cutting commentCrossword Clue
Stinging remarkCrossword Clue
Biting commentCrossword Clue
1996 film, "___ Wire"Crossword Clue
Sharp part of a wire fenceCrossword Clue
Sharp part of a fence, or a fan of Nicki MinajCrossword Clue

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BITINGCROSBY
12 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Sarcastic 'White Christmas' singer?Crossword Clue

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FRAN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Kukla and Ollie's partnerCrossword Clue
SAG-AFTRA president DrescherCrossword Clue
SAG-AFTRA president DrescherCrossword Clue
SAG-AFTRA president DrescherCrossword Clue
___ Drescher, leader of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikeCrossword Clue
Writer LebowitzCrossword Clue
Drescher of "The Nanny"Crossword Clue
Second word of a rhyming nickname for a Bay Area cityCrossword Clue
Hall of Fame quarterback TarkentonCrossword Clue
Nickname that drops -cesCrossword Clue

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LEVANT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Around five the French worker gets to bunk offCrossword Clue
Old term for what is now Lebanon, Syria and IsraelCrossword Clue
Eastern Mediterranean regionCrossword Clue
Decamp from Eastern Mediterranean areaCrossword Clue
Part of ISILCrossword Clue
Eastern Mediterranean regionCrossword Clue
Do a bunk in vehicle during period of tenancyCrossword Clue
The Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent landsCrossword Clue
Even the Spanish left a worker in the eastern MediterraneanCrossword Clue
Abscond from somewhere in the Middle EastCrossword Clue

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SNEERINGCOLUMN
14 Letters

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CRIKEY
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Jeepers!"Crossword Clue
Quaint exclamation of dismayCrossword Clue
Brother to turn on waterworks around superstore nearing completionCrossword Clue
Welcoming Eisenhower, cheer well!Crossword Clue
My house almost needs a guideCrossword Clue
Prefer to ignore first piercing shout by GeorgeCrossword Clue
Good Lord!Crossword Clue
Cor blimey!Crossword Clue
Heavens weep over American presidentCrossword Clue
My call to accommodate ex-presidentCrossword Clue

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TRENCHANT
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Vigorously effectiveCrossword Clue
No-nonsense tutor discontented by charmCrossword Clue
Ditch worker perhaps being incisiveCrossword Clue
Ditch a worker is cuttingCrossword Clue
Endlessly try charm, bitingCrossword Clue
Biting fish swallowing anglers last insectCrossword Clue
IncisiveCrossword Clue
Powerful transport turning right to start withCrossword Clue
Cutting half of tree near entranceCrossword Clue
Forthright six-footer by ditchCrossword Clue

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LOUIE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
One of Donald Duck’s nephewsCrossword Clue
Huey, Dewey and ___Crossword Clue
Name that rhymes with "buoy"Crossword Clue
Donald Duck's nephewCrossword Clue
King in Disney's "The Jungle Book"Crossword Clue
Huey and Dewey's cartoon brotherCrossword Clue
Brother of Huey and Dewey on “Duck Tales”Crossword Clue
Disney duckCrossword Clue
Nephew of Donald DuckCrossword Clue
King in the "Jungle Book" filmsCrossword Clue

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AXED
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Used a hatchet onCrossword Clue
Chopped downCrossword Clue
Canceled, as a TV seriesCrossword Clue
Got rid ofCrossword Clue
Abruptly canceledCrossword Clue
CancelledCrossword Clue
Got rid ofCrossword Clue
Article Times editor ruthlessly cutCrossword Clue
Canceled abruptlyCrossword Clue
EliminatedCrossword Clue

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ASTRINGENT
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Drawing together a cord on broken netCrossword Clue
Lotion applied to the skin to make it less oilyCrossword Clue
Terrible strain man finds severeCrossword Clue
Ten labouring on a chain - harshCrossword Clue
Scathing, series probing a hospital departmentCrossword Clue
A cable net destroyed by acidCrossword Clue
A rigorous preparation for toning the skinCrossword Clue
A series on hospital department will be causticCrossword Clue
A short Aussie bloke is causticCrossword Clue
Ones harsh and scathingCrossword Clue

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GNAT
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Pesky insectCrossword Clue
Swarm memberCrossword Clue
Biting insectCrossword Clue
Biting pestCrossword Clue
Swarming pestCrossword Clue
Swarming pestCrossword Clue
Pesky bugCrossword Clue
Petite pestCrossword Clue
Bothersome bugCrossword Clue
Tiny pestCrossword Clue

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SARDONIC
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
MockingCrossword Clue
Mocking — scornfulCrossword Clue
BitingCrossword Clue
Cynical vicars lacking leadership strangely suppress the wordless approvals reversalCrossword Clue
MordantCrossword Clue
Conrad is dreadfully cynicalCrossword Clue
Cynical of advanced experimentation into using sound wavesCrossword Clue
Conrad is terribly causticCrossword Clue
Acerbic novel Conrads written about ItalyCrossword Clue
Conrad is awfully cynicalCrossword Clue

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SARKY
5 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Being scornful of a small island, as you might suppose?Crossword Clue
Sharp, like a rock in the Channel?Crossword Clue
Like a biting remark, in British slangCrossword Clue

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TARTETATIN
10 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Apple pie treat for a change - 'taint badCrossword Clue

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ALSACE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Strasbourg’s regionCrossword Clue
Pacino’s stunning in Somewhere in FranceCrossword Clue
Area of France that's almost too brill!Crossword Clue
Border region along the RhineCrossword Clue
French region known for its rieslingsCrossword Clue
Eastern French regionCrossword Clue
Salsa celebrated across this region of FranceCrossword Clue
Rhine wine regionCrossword Clue
Somewhere in France, piece of offals acerbicCrossword Clue
Region of north-east France, annexed by Germany from 1871 to 1919Crossword Clue

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BITINGLY
8 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Attracted to men or women tickling in a way that’s cruelCrossword Clue
PiercinglyCrossword Clue
"My career's gone nowhere since the Holyfield fight," grumbled Mike Tyson ___Crossword Clue

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RATAFIA
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Liqueur drunk at a fairCrossword Clue
Coming up: excellent, fine salt absorbing a liqueurCrossword Clue
Betray Cosa Nostra, having ripped off leaders liqueurCrossword Clue
Informant has an order cut back for almond liqueurCrossword Clue
Brandy liqueur with almonds or peach, apricot or cherry kernelsCrossword Clue
Head of Cosa Nostra supplanted by informer - its essentially nutsCrossword Clue
Cordial informer with criminal organisation sacrificing leaderCrossword Clue
Cordial informer with criminal organisation sacrificing leaderCrossword Clue
Liqueur drunk at a fairCrossword Clue
Almond liqueurCrossword Clue

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MARTHA
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
___ Lane Fox, once the youngest female member of the LordsCrossword Clue
___ Jones (Doctor Who companion)Crossword Clue
Actress PlimptonCrossword Clue
Washington from Chestnut Grove, VirginiaCrossword Clue
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” wifeCrossword Clue
Stewart or Graham?Crossword Clue
Reeves who led the VandellasCrossword Clue
Thursday in March: a girl appearsCrossword Clue
First first ladyCrossword Clue
Islands dairyman worked with harvest (7,8)Crossword Clue

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PARKER
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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"Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica ___Crossword Clue
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Charlie blowing a horn for each vessel coming in …Crossword Clue
"Sex and the City" star Sarah JessicaCrossword Clue
Elvis's manager Col. ___Crossword Clue
Sarah Jessica of "Sex and the City"Crossword Clue

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Showing 32 Matching Answers

SPIKY

7 RELATED CLUES

ACID

10 RELATED CLUES

ACRID

6 RELATED CLUES

BITING

10 RELATED CLUES

BITTER

10 RELATED CLUES

HARSH

9 RELATED CLUES

SHARP

10 RELATED CLUES

SOUR

10 RELATED CLUES

TART

9 RELATED CLUES

VINEGARY

8 RELATED CLUES

BITINGCHERRY

CITRICCRITIC

SLOE

10 RELATED CLUES

BARB

10 RELATED CLUES

BITINGCROSBY

1 RELATED CLUES

FRAN

10 RELATED CLUES

LEVANT

10 RELATED CLUES

SNEERINGCOLUMN

CRIKEY

10 RELATED CLUES

TRENCHANT

10 RELATED CLUES

LOUIE

10 RELATED CLUES

AXED

10 RELATED CLUES

ASTRINGENT

10 RELATED CLUES

GNAT

10 RELATED CLUES

SARDONIC

10 RELATED CLUES

SARKY

3 RELATED CLUES

TARTETATIN

1 RELATED CLUES

ALSACE

10 RELATED CLUES

BITINGLY

3 RELATED CLUES

RATAFIA

10 RELATED CLUES

MARTHA

10 RELATED CLUES

PARKER

10 RELATED CLUES

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