Bad-tempered Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 27 Apr 2023

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CRABBY
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Cross first of roads passed round by driverCrossword Clue
Annoyed and irritableCrossword Clue
Ill-mannered clamour about pop group curtailedCrossword Clue
Sitting oddly in car, maybe boys in a moodCrossword Clue
CantankerousCrossword Clue
Ill-tempered taxi driver having to cross riverCrossword Clue
Cross, as one scuttling off?Crossword Clue
Cry-baby mostly unsettled and grouchyCrossword Clue
Ill-tempered taxi driver parked around rear endCrossword Clue

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BILIOUS
7 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Irritable seeing account not closed over debtsCrossword Clue
Peevishly ill-naturedCrossword Clue
Unsettled account reduced over promises to payCrossword Clue
Cross incomplete invoice and promissory notesCrossword Clue
Feeling sickCrossword Clue
QueasyCrossword Clue

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CRUSTY
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Cold, out of practice, and grumpyCrossword Clue
Like pie made by chef initially out of practice?Crossword Clue
Like a curmudgeonCrossword Clue
Bad-tempered cur damaged enclosureCrossword Clue
See, are you on street extremely snappy and bad-tempered?Crossword Clue
Bad-tempered when caught out of practiceCrossword Clue
Surly Conservative out of touch?Crossword Clue
Surly and forbiddingCrossword Clue
Like Italian breadCrossword Clue

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MEAN
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
IntendCrossword Clue
Excellent, average or bad, depending on the contextCrossword Clue
Lean and ___Crossword Clue
SuggestCrossword Clue
Statistics calculationCrossword Clue
UncharitableCrossword Clue
Have in mindCrossword Clue
UnkindCrossword Clue

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SHIRTY
6 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
IrritatedCrossword Clue
Hot under the collar, collared and cuffed?Crossword Clue
Angry – like a blouse?Crossword Clue
AnnoyedCrossword Clue
Short — like an upper garment?Crossword Clue
Ill-tempered figure has succeeded for first timeCrossword Clue
Ill-temperedCrossword Clue
Thirsty, leaderless, terribly annoyedCrossword Clue

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SOUR
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like Warheads candiesCrossword Clue
TartCrossword Clue
Mouth-puckeringCrossword Clue
Habitually-->Crossword Clue
Like the taste of calamansiCrossword Clue
Like lemonsCrossword Clue
___ grapesCrossword Clue
Like a limeCrossword Clue
Like some beer served in a tulip glassCrossword Clue
Like limesCrossword Clue

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CHOLERIC
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Uptight or Chic, Le Freak?Crossword Clue
Passionate minister enthrals houseCrossword Clue
Angry minister without houseCrossword Clue
Irritable clergyman touring Ohio regularlyCrossword Clue
Bad tempered cleric captures head officeCrossword Clue
Ill-temperedCrossword Clue
Hot-temperedCrossword Clue
Inclined to be cross about un-American show containing gapCrossword Clue

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CROSS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
HybridizeCrossword Clue
Symbol of ChristianityCrossword Clue
Really irritatedCrossword Clue
BetrayCrossword Clue
Ratty’s ship follows crow non-stopCrossword Clue
HybridCrossword Clue
See 11Crossword Clue
Sects' symbol?Crossword Clue
Symbol on the Swiss flagCrossword Clue
IrritableCrossword Clue

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GROUCHY
7 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Rather like Marx to be bad-temperedCrossword Clue
Like cranksCrossword Clue
Bad-tempered Greek that hurt you early onCrossword Clue
Querulous comedian almost close to furyCrossword Clue

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GRUFF
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
SternCrossword Clue
BrusqueCrossword Clue
Blunt and crotchetyCrossword Clue
Surly Republican cutting through nonsenseCrossword Clue
Rough — brusqueCrossword Clue
Surly — rough-spokenCrossword Clue
Good frill thats starched is rather harshCrossword Clue
Romeo in bunk becoming surlyCrossword Clue
Brusque and surlyCrossword Clue
Surly Republican in bunkCrossword Clue

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GRUMPY
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
CantankerousCrossword Clue
IrritableCrossword Clue
Diminutive character good, the other half the size?Crossword Clue
1 in 7 is not happyCrossword Clue
Cranky Disney dwarfCrossword Clue
Ill-temperedCrossword Clue
Gee! Douglas' cat is bad-temperedCrossword Clue
Gee! Douglas cat is bad-temperedCrossword Clue
Fellow loses heart, gets back in a bad moodCrossword Clue
Seat in empty gallery likely to snap?Crossword Clue

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NASTY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"So gross!"Crossword Clue
RepulsiveCrossword Clue
Mean-spiritedCrossword Clue
Ill-naturedCrossword Clue
HorridCrossword Clue
DisgustingCrossword Clue
Totally grossCrossword Clue
Finally clean a dirty place that's vileCrossword Clue
Super grossCrossword Clue
RepugnantCrossword Clue

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ORNERY
6 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
CantankerousCrossword Clue
Like ScroogeCrossword Clue
Bad-tempered and combativeCrossword Clue
Grumpy sits in corner, yellingCrossword Clue
Corner after commencement on the Fourth of July, like a curmudgeonCrossword Clue
Cantankerous individual welcoming king to railwayCrossword Clue

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PETULANT
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Instrument lobbed up in wheeze, throwing toys from pram?Crossword Clue
Peevishly irritable, but Clark not heartlessCrossword Clue
SulkyCrossword Clue
Piano and stringed instrument returned by worker complainingCrossword Clue
Native American back in factory showing peevish impatienceCrossword Clue
Irritable bowels of Fräulein nursed by favourite soldier?Crossword Clue
Short blow holding instrument upside downCrossword Clue
Childishly sulkyCrossword Clue

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SORE
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Hot under the collarCrossword Clue
AngryCrossword Clue
AchyCrossword Clue
Needing a massageCrossword Clue
AnnoyedCrossword Clue
ResentfulCrossword Clue
Ticked offCrossword Clue
Hence almost red rawCrossword Clue
Like legs after a marathonCrossword Clue
One selfie’s border making American angryCrossword Clue

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TETCHY
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Irritable, tense and so on, Harry loses heartCrossword Clue
Easily annoyedCrossword Clue
Irritable, score having replaced everything in tallyCrossword Clue
Easily irritated, I will leave the City in turmoilCrossword Clue
IrritableCrossword Clue
Easy to set offCrossword Clue
Irritable gut, etc, hypodermically controlledCrossword Clue
Crusty as your old cakes and so onCrossword Clue
Cross close to short cut by yardCrossword Clue

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WASPISH
7 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Spiteful as a privileged class of Americans?Crossword Clue
Spiteful wife's like a viper?Crossword Clue
TestyCrossword Clue
Tetchy self-righteous son occupying shower?Crossword Clue
SpleneticCrossword Clue
Liable to see red snake burrowing into pineCrossword Clue
Likely to see red snake in fancyCrossword Clue
PetulantCrossword Clue
Tart with desire to embrace Egyptian poisonerCrossword Clue

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RATTY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
ThreadbareCrossword Clue
DingyCrossword Clue
Tattered and tornCrossword Clue
IrritableCrossword Clue
Run-downCrossword Clue
Non-drinker wearing beam? No: irritable!Crossword Clue
Testy – Wind in the Willows characterCrossword Clue
Well-wornCrossword Clue
ShabbyCrossword Clue
In poor conditionCrossword Clue

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CHURL
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
One’s surly husband’s breaking windCrossword Clue
BoorCrossword Clue
Boorish sortCrossword Clue
Man without mannersCrossword Clue
BoorCrossword Clue
Peasants husband seized by large force one heading westCrossword Clue
Meanspirited personCrossword Clue
Old peasants horse kept in by lockCrossword Clue
Check web address: rude oneCrossword Clue
Check web address: rude oneCrossword Clue

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CRANKY
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Exhibiting the effects of too little sleep, sayCrossword Clue
Eccentric has row in CyprusCrossword Clue
Eccentric has row in CyprusCrossword Clue
Cross line of taxis in empty cityCrossword Clue
Offbeat position in city's banksCrossword Clue
Offbeat position in citys banksCrossword Clue
IrascibleCrossword Clue
EccentricCrossword Clue
CrotchetyCrossword Clue
IrritableCrossword Clue

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CROSSPATCH
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Angry person has course stopped by college following sign something’s wrongCrossword Clue
Bad-tempered type to go over plotCrossword Clue
Go over plot for one whos habitually bad-temperedCrossword Clue
Go over way to entertain constant moanerCrossword Clue
Ford repair makes one bad-temperedCrossword Clue
Hell find fault to repair on bridgeCrossword Clue
Peevish type giving mongrel a common dogs nameCrossword Clue
Religious symbol on bed could make someone grumpyCrossword Clue
GrumpCrossword Clue
Sign of error with repair makes one irritableCrossword Clue

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GROUCH
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
CurmudgeonCrossword Clue
Bad-tempered complainantCrossword Clue
Marx doesnt finish beefCrossword Clue
BellyacherCrossword Clue
Not finishing Marx? He's a curmudgeonCrossword Clue
Not finishing Marx? Hes a curmudgeonCrossword Clue
One miserable squat, head off for goodCrossword Clue
Chronic complainers great cry of painCrossword Clue
Shell from gunner that hurts, making us moanCrossword Clue
Habitually grumpy personCrossword Clue

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SNARLY
6 Letters

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TESTY
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
PetulantCrossword Clue
Like someone who is "hangry"Crossword Clue
Easily annoyedCrossword Clue
Having a short fuseCrossword Clue
CantankerousCrossword Clue
IrritableCrossword Clue
Short-temperedCrossword Clue
GrouchyCrossword Clue
Impatient and ill-temperedCrossword Clue

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SURLY
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
CantankerousCrossword Clue
BelligerentCrossword Clue
GrumpyCrossword Clue
In a bad moodCrossword Clue
Surely dropping cigarette end is rudeCrossword Clue
Definitely having no end of petulance?Crossword Clue
Non-civil English county about to be swept away by lake!Crossword Clue
Irritably unfriendlyCrossword Clue

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ACROSS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Opposite direction of this clue's answerCrossword Clue
Unlike this answer, directionallyCrossword Clue
Like the direction of this answerCrossword Clue
"Spider-Man: ___ the Spider-Verse"Crossword Clue
Not like this clue? One getting angryCrossword Clue
Like this clue?Crossword Clue
Like this clue's answer, direction-wiseCrossword Clue
A burden throughoutCrossword Clue
Unlike this answerCrossword Clue
An X where ducks are in AmericaCrossword Clue

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SULLEN
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
GloomyCrossword Clue
Orange lady, possibly American, turned blue?Crossword Clue
In a dark moodCrossword Clue
Long-facedCrossword Clue
Ill-temperedCrossword Clue
Dark, ’orrible place to the north hiding bright light — quite the oppositeCrossword Clue
Dark, orrible place to the north hiding bright light - quite the oppositeCrossword Clue
MoroseCrossword Clue
Long-facedCrossword Clue

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TANTRUM
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Hissy fitCrossword Clue
HuffCrossword Clue
Hissy fitCrossword Clue
Pet, a little tiny creepy-crawly? OddCrossword Clue
Pet with brown tail mostly missing — oddCrossword Clue
Article in Times on alcohol rageCrossword Clue
FitCrossword Clue
Paddy, dry, downing an alcoholic drinkCrossword Clue
Social worker inhabiting empty trailer, Im not sure fitCrossword Clue
Fit so much in French drinkCrossword Clue

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ILLNATURED
10 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Spiteful nut rallied aroundCrossword Clue
SurlyCrossword Clue
Mean-spiritedCrossword Clue
SulkyCrossword Clue
Cross I drew, covering boundaries of London airportCrossword Clue
Mean and horrible under it allCrossword Clue
Mean to take double-length science magazine among papersCrossword Clue

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MOROSE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Feeling blueCrossword Clue
SullenCrossword Clue
GlumCrossword Clue
Down in the dumpsCrossword Clue
Eeyore-likeCrossword Clue
Sultry Maureen got upCrossword Clue
GloomyCrossword Clue
Down in the dumpsCrossword Clue
GloomyCrossword Clue
DespondentCrossword Clue

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VIXEN
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
The fourth of Santa's eight reindeer (plus Rudolph!)Crossword Clue
FoxCrossword Clue
Female foxCrossword Clue
Female foxCrossword Clue
Lady foxCrossword Clue
Very repetitive climax in Jimi Hendrix tune then, 'Foxy Lady'Crossword Clue
Dancer’s teammateCrossword Clue
One of Santa's reindeerCrossword Clue
One of Santa's reindeerCrossword Clue
A foxy lady?Crossword Clue

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CRAB
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
GrouchCrossword Clue
Soft-shell ___Crossword Clue
Beach creatureCrossword Clue
Ten-legged sea creatureCrossword Clue
Word before "apple" or "cake"Crossword Clue
Zodiac sign between Twins and LionCrossword Clue
Maryland blue, e.gCrossword Clue
CurmudgeonCrossword Clue
Grumble – this apple is sourCrossword Clue
What the "spider" actually is in a spider rollCrossword Clue

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SCOWL
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Death stareCrossword Clue
Show visible disdainCrossword Clue
GlowerCrossword Clue
Disapproving lookCrossword Clue
Grouchy lookCrossword Clue
Curmudgeon's countenanceCrossword Clue
Grouchy lookCrossword Clue
Frown with displeasureCrossword Clue
Expression of a grumpCrossword Clue
Frown, glowerCrossword Clue

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BILES
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Olympic gymnast Simone with seven gold medalsCrossword Clue
Gymnast honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022Crossword Clue
Olympic gymnast with five moves named for herCrossword Clue
Gymnast SimoneCrossword Clue
Gymnast named Time's Athlete of the Year in 2021Crossword Clue
2019 AP Female Athlete of the YearCrossword Clue
Olympic gymnast SimoneCrossword Clue
Simone ___, US gymnastCrossword Clue
Gymnast who won four golds in RioCrossword Clue
Gymnastics star SimoneCrossword Clue

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CRANK
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
CurmudgeonCrossword Clue
Jack-in-the-box appendageCrossword Clue
Turn eccentricCrossword Clue
Handle oddballCrossword Clue
Turn (up), as volumeCrossword Clue
Jack-in-the-box featureCrossword Clue
Model T featureCrossword Clue
Annoying, as a callCrossword Clue
Start with handle for possible conspiracy theoristCrossword Clue
Street organ featureCrossword Clue

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ERIS
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Judgement of Paris pot-stirrerCrossword Clue
Greek goddess of discordCrossword Clue
Dwarf planet with the largest massCrossword Clue
Dwarf planet named for a goddess of discordCrossword Clue
Judgment of Paris instigatorCrossword Clue
Dwarf planet once known as XenaCrossword Clue
Greek counterpart of DiscordiaCrossword Clue
Most massive dwarf planet in the solar systemCrossword Clue
Greek goddess of discordCrossword Clue
Goddess of discordCrossword Clue

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FIT
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
QualifiedCrossword Clue
TonedCrossword Clue
Tailor's concernCrossword Clue
In good physical conditionCrossword Clue
In good healthCrossword Clue
SuitabilityCrossword Clue
Like a marathon runnerCrossword Clue
Fashionable look, in lingoCrossword Clue
MeetCrossword Clue
___ as a fiddleCrossword Clue

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GROUCHES
8 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Bellyaches and coughs RE are sufferingCrossword Clue

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HARPY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Instrument in front of Yankee viragoCrossword Clue
Half-human/half-bird creature of mythCrossword Clue
Half-human, half-bird creature, in mythCrossword Clue
One plucked posy in the end for rapacious monsterCrossword Clue
Deprived of love, Marx has yen for one of the 9 3Crossword Clue
Instrument with heavy end grasping femaleCrossword Clue
Instrument with heavy end grasping femaleCrossword Clue
Half-bird, half-woman creatureCrossword Clue
Shes greedily grasping hound, one runs to be quietCrossword Clue
Ravenous monster — nagging womanCrossword Clue

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HELLCAT
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Mistakenly call the spiteful person?Crossword Clue
W.W. II fighter planeCrossword Clue
Mistakenly call the malignant hagCrossword Clue
Battle-axe that man will throw upCrossword Clue
Whip under the nether regions, as viragoCrossword Clue
Whip under the nether regions, as viragoCrossword Clue
Spiteful person — he will shortly act badlyCrossword Clue
Spiteful person - he will shortly act badlyCrossword Clue
Unpleasant females violent act after ordealCrossword Clue
Spiteful persons coercive pressure trapping leaders of limited liability companyCrossword Clue

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OGRE
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Shrek, for oneCrossword Clue
Fantasy monsterCrossword Clue
Dreaded figureCrossword Clue
Fairy-tale figureCrossword Clue
EverQuest monsterCrossword Clue
Fantasy monsterCrossword Clue
Hulking bruteCrossword Clue
Cruel personCrossword Clue
Nothing good about scary characterCrossword Clue
Storybook baddieCrossword Clue

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SULK
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Mope aroundCrossword Clue
PoutCrossword Clue
GrumpCrossword Clue
BroodCrossword Clue
Wallow moodilyCrossword Clue
Bad moodCrossword Clue
Have a pity partyCrossword Clue
Be in one's feelingsCrossword Clue
Act the sore loser, sayCrossword Clue
Act like a sore loserCrossword Clue

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TARTAR
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
___ sauce (fish sticks condiment)Crossword Clue
Dental detritusCrossword Clue
___ sauce: seafood condimentCrossword Clue
___ sauce: seafood dressingCrossword Clue
___ sauce (seafood condiment)Crossword Clue
Incrustation that forms on teeth and gumsCrossword Clue
Canine coverCrossword Clue
What gallery displays in reproduction of it ? see plaqueCrossword Clue
Dental depositCrossword Clue
It builds up on teethCrossword Clue

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WASP
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Stinging bugCrossword Clue
Ant-Man partnerCrossword Clue
Stinger in a swarmCrossword Clue
Fig pollinatorCrossword Clue
Yellow jacket, for oneCrossword Clue
Insect that builds a paper nestCrossword Clue
Bee relativeCrossword Clue
Bee relativeCrossword Clue
Member of a historically privileged U.S. groupCrossword Clue
Ant-Man's partnerCrossword Clue

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CROSSBENCHER
12 Letters

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SCOUR
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Search high and lowCrossword Clue
Search – scrubCrossword Clue
Scrub with steel woolCrossword Clue
___ the globe (look far and wide)Crossword Clue
Scrub vigorouslyCrossword Clue
Scrub vigorouslyCrossword Clue
Scrub vigorouslyCrossword Clue
Use elbow grease onCrossword Clue
Look high and lowCrossword Clue
Use a Brillo pad, sayCrossword Clue

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STROPPY
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Watch drinking: wine knocked back's not easy to deal withCrossword Clue
Watch drinking: wine knocked backs not easy to deal withCrossword Clue
Argumentative pupil twice starts interrupting garbled storyCrossword Clue
Bad tempered mole left to retire indoorsCrossword Clue
Bad tempered mole left to retire indoorsCrossword Clue
Grumpy Saint Roy collected two-penceCrossword Clue
Cantankerous agent drinking wine sent backCrossword Clue
Difficult spot in which to turn leftCrossword Clue
Quarrelsome left back blocking a couple of Spurs youngsters at the startCrossword Clue
ObstreperousCrossword Clue

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UGLI
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Lumpy fruitCrossword Clue
Bumpy yellow fruitCrossword Clue
Jamaican citrus fruitCrossword Clue
Hybrid citrus fruitCrossword Clue
Orange/tangerine/grapefruit hybridCrossword Clue
Lumpy-looking fruitCrossword Clue
Fruit with wrinkled skinCrossword Clue
Hybrid tangeloCrossword Clue
Wrinkly-skinned fruitCrossword Clue
Fruit named for its unsightly appearanceCrossword Clue

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VIRAGO
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Stars bored with acting for AmazonCrossword Clue
Feminist publishing house founded in 1973Crossword Clue
Turn on girl accompanying artist and scoldCrossword Clue
One after crab and lion catching a shrewCrossword Clue
One after crab and lion catching a shrewCrossword Clue
Star sign giving protection to a shrewish womanCrossword Clue
Fury over Rex playing a stage villainCrossword Clue
Fury over Rex playing a stage villainCrossword Clue
Success after Rushdies first to break through for UK publisherCrossword Clue
House harbouring a bad-tempered personCrossword Clue

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CABBY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Person whose work is picking upCrossword Clue
Person in the fare tradeCrossword Clue
Cantankerous? Thats not right for one with knowledge of the 7, perhapsCrossword Clue
Driver with a meterCrossword Clue
Driver annoyed Miss RightCrossword Clue
Driver annoyed Miss RightCrossword Clue
Taxi driverCrossword Clue
Taxi driver around Westminster, say, losing directionCrossword Clue
Taxi driverCrossword Clue
One traveling often by taxiCrossword Clue

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COWSLIP
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Plant, toxic ultimately, that hurt one playing in fieldCrossword Clue
Sow unusual box hedges that flowerCrossword Clue
Flower gets lower position on the fieldCrossword Clue
Neat bloomer that perfumes pasturesCrossword Clue
Fragrant flower subdues impertinenceCrossword Clue
Primrose causes dismay with impertinenceCrossword Clue
Primrose causes dismay with impertinenceCrossword Clue
Flower intimidates borderCrossword Clue
Flowers lower rim split by tip of stamenCrossword Clue
Maybe Jersey Beer erected plantCrossword Clue

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CRABBIEST
9 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Most irritable conservative Jewish leader is in ParisCrossword Clue
Most irritable conservative Jewish leader is in ParisCrossword Clue

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TROLL
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Internet instigatorCrossword Clue
Doll with wild, bright hairCrossword Clue
Internet rabble-rouserCrossword Clue
Menace in a comments sectionCrossword Clue
Online nuisanceCrossword Clue
Online provocateur’s story on Lily oddly cutCrossword Clue
Creature under a bridgeCrossword Clue
Ugly creature in folkloreCrossword Clue
Patent ___Crossword Clue
Supernatural being in Scandinavian folkloreCrossword Clue

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ACROSTIC
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Its first letters spell a messageCrossword Clue
Puzzle producing what sounds like a bad-tempered sign of approvalCrossword Clue
A clue right on, simple to infer: crackCrossword Clue
Angry for the most part being grabbed by a jerk? Thats puzzling!Crossword Clue
Apparently creative rhyme of sorts, the initials counting?Crossword Clue
Poem where initial letters of each line spell out a wordCrossword Clue
Puzzle given a couple of marks for wrong and right answers, we hearCrossword Clue
And next - Clue text - Right here? - Oh dear! - Stand out - To shout - I think - Clue stinks!Crossword Clue
A clue-type relying on structure: this illustrative clue primarily?Crossword Clue
Working actor's introductions to Independent's crossword puzzleCrossword Clue

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FRACTIOUS
9 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Irritable, as I tangled with four catsCrossword Clue
Irritable, as I tangled with four catsCrossword Clue
Cross and quarrelsomeCrossword Clue
GrumpyCrossword Clue
Third, perhaps, to dismiss North American as grouchyCrossword Clue
Universal replacing number in small parts ready to quarrelCrossword Clue
In France, Do I Love Yous ill- temperedCrossword Clue
Cross court, as if beatenCrossword Clue

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PRICKLYASH
10 Letters

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SCOWLING
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Moody leader in Claudius in 10?Crossword Clue
Cow in cast is looking very angryCrossword Clue
Lowering second engine coverCrossword Clue
Cast touring Jersey, say, looking displeasedCrossword Clue
Bully in cast looking menacingCrossword Clue
Bully in cast looking menacingCrossword Clue
Glowering hood comes in to informCrossword Clue
Glowering hood comes in to informCrossword Clue
Writings become extremely sporadic - Author's looking worriedCrossword Clue
Looking angry, seeing monks hood covered in grassCrossword Clue

57%
CANTANKEROUSLY
14 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
One sulky cat ran off irritablyCrossword Clue
In a bad mood - lousy work carrying tin vesselCrossword Clue
Grumpily showing lousy mess on tin shipCrossword Clue

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IRASCIBLE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Funny serial about shaving people from behind, very prickly!Crossword Clue
Easily provoked, slice a rib in piecesCrossword Clue
Cross Siberia travelling with Communist League vansCrossword Clue
Tetchy Gershwins upsetting the Spanish writerCrossword Clue
Quick-tempered - bails out, catching cold, consumed by angerCrossword Clue
King departing, crab-like, is unusually crabbyCrossword Clue
King departing, crab-like, is unusually crabbyCrossword Clue
Quick-temperedCrossword Clue
Touchy Latin in bar is upset with ice meltingCrossword Clue
Stew of rice and basil getting heated quicklyCrossword Clue

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IRRITABLE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Short-tempered Blairite upset about what finishes off StarmerCrossword Clue
Easily annoyed, bishop being pressed by two internationals on boardCrossword Clue
Cross a road, first reaching a barCrossword Clue
TetchyCrossword Clue
Irish woman starts to become loud and extremely easily annoyedCrossword Clue
CrankyCrossword Clue
CantankerousCrossword Clue
TetchyCrossword Clue
PeevishCrossword Clue
Bishop among pair in Rome by altar, say, and crossCrossword Clue

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ERGO
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"By that logic . . ."Crossword Clue
"And so …"Crossword Clue
ThusCrossword Clue
ThereforeCrossword Clue
ThusCrossword Clue
"Logically, this means ... "Crossword Clue
As a resultCrossword Clue
Gore – goerCrossword Clue
ThereforeCrossword Clue
ThusCrossword Clue

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DYSPEPTIC
9 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Suffering indigestionCrossword Clue
Depict spy hilariously out of humourCrossword Clue
Suffering indigestion when extremely dirty and contaminated apple core eatenCrossword Clue
Suffering indigestion when extremely dirty and contaminated apple core eatenCrossword Clue

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ANGERLY
7 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
With annoyance, earlier generation divided by new railwayCrossword Clue

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ARSY
4 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Bohemian, gutless and irritableCrossword Clue

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GRUMP
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ill-tempered sortCrossword Clue
Cantankerous personCrossword Clue
Crotchety sortCrossword Clue
Otto in "A Man Called Otto," for oneCrossword Clue
MoanerCrossword Clue
CurmudgeonCrossword Clue
Oscar the Grouch, e.gCrossword Clue
One with cross wordsCrossword Clue
CurmudgeonCrossword Clue
Doctor drinking liquor is a bad-tempered sortCrossword Clue

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SOURDOUGH
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Tangy breadCrossword Clue
It's obtained from Baker Street's west side with the cash we haveCrossword Clue
Its obtained from Baker Streets west side with the cash we haveCrossword Clue
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SPIKY
5 Letters
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WASPISHLY
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SURELY
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CANTANKEROUS
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36%
CURMUDGEON
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Crab has gone to scuttle past mongrel on soft earthCrossword Clue

34%
CROSSCUT
8 Letters
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Bad-tempered Crossword Clue

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