| Sarcastic |
Commuter |
25 May 2026 |
| Biting |
New York Times |
20 May 2026 |
| Bitter and sour (5) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Apr 2026 |
| Bitter that retired hombre carefully bottles |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Jan 2026 |
| Skewering |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2025 |
| Maple shrub, black, bitter and sour |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Sour-tasting |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Great British king's swallowed bitter |
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| One case of beer switched for bitter (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Bitter-tasting |
Newsday |
01 Jun 2025 |
| Sour; brace (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 May 2025 |
| Sour, old-style (BRACE anagram) (5) |
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| Sour berries primarily found beneath tree |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Bitter tree bark shunned by wooden boat |
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| Olde-style 'bitter' |
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| Sharp in tone |
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| Great Head of Repton, but initially bitter |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Sharp; brace (anag.) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Like biting criticism |
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| King getting into Great British bitter |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Oct 2024 |
| A European sounds bitter (5) |
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| Very cool beer drained and knocked back is bitter |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste (as unripe fruit) - and four-fifths of the maple genus! (5) |
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| Biting |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Waspish; caber (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Serve rhubarb extremely sour |
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| Biting |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Bitter and sour; brace (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Jun 2024 |
| One primarily relishing beer - bitter |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Bitter |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Bitter or sour |
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| Brace up - you're bitter and sour about it (5) |
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| Sour-brace" anagram? |
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| Bitter, old-style |
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| Sharp, professional tips from rich businessman (5) |
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| Sharp or biting |
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| Bitter-tasting |
Newsday |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Bitter as a native of Belgrade, do we hear? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Sour-tasting |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2023 |
| Shorter form of a term meaning bitter or sour in flavour, or forthright in speech |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
30 Jul 2023 |
| Sour, literarily |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jun 2023 |
| Top-notch crust of rhubarb tart |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Apr 2023 |
| Bitter-tasting |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2022 |
| Caustic |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2022 |
| Sour-tasting |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2022 |
| Biting |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Biting |
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| One empty beer returned for bitter |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Jan 2022 |
| One empty beer returned for bitter |
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| Biting, as wit |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Biting, as wit |
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| Bitter |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 May 2021 |
| Bitter and excellent case of beer on the counter |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 May 2021 |
| Serve Republican British bitter |
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| Mouth-puckering |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Bitter |
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| Bitter |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Sharp, as criticism |
New York Times |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Sour-tasting |
Premier Sunday |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Biting, as criticism |
LA Times Daily |
19 Nov 2019 |
| Biting, as criticism |
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| Sarcastic |
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| Great British king swallowed bitter |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Biting |
LA Times Daily |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Biting |
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| Bitter, literarily |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Aug 2019 |
| Sour-tasting |
Newsday |
28 Jun 2019 |
| Reporters can find Djokovic possibly bitter |
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| A 21 neighbour, reportedly bitter |
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| Biting |
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| Bitter, literarily |
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| Great Britain's flipping harsh |
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| Sour |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2018 |
| Mordant |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Nov 2018 |
| Astringent |
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| Bitterly harsh |
Universal |
26 Jun 2018 |
| Acidic to the taste |
Universal |
07 May 2018 |
| Bitter as a native of Belgrade, by the sound of it |
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| Sarcastic |
Universal |
18 Apr 2018 |
| Severe, as criticism |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Severe, as criticism |
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| Serve Republican British bitter |
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| Cutting a single diamond, maybe, and odd bits of ruby |
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| Bitter tasting |
Universal |
18 Jan 2018 |
| Cutting |
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| Cutting |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2018 |
| Sour |
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| Cutting |
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| Bitter tasting |
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| Bitterly harsh |
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| Bitter |
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| Mordant |
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| Caustic |
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| Sarcastic |
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| Bitter-tasting |
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| Acidic to the taste |
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| With a tart taste |
Universal |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Sharp |
New York Times |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Like the taste of vinegar |
Universal |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Sour in taste |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Like the taste of vinegar |
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| With a tart taste |
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| Sharp |
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| Astringent in taste |
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| Lip-puckering |
Universal |
05 Aug 2016 |
| Like immature fruit |
Universal |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Astringent in taste |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2016 |
| Sharp-tongued |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2016 |
| Tart |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2016 |
| Like lemon juice |
Universal |
23 Feb 2016 |
| Having a bite |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2016 |
| Astringent in taste |
|
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| Having a bite |
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| Lip-puckering |
|
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| Like immature fruit |
|
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| Harsh |
LA Times Daily |
21 Oct 2015 |
| Bitter |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2015 |
| Very tart |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2015 |
| Harsh |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2015 |
| Having a bite |
USA Today |
18 May 2015 |
| Sour or bitter in taste |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2015 |
| Bitter-tasting |
Universal |
15 Mar 2015 |
| A chap in Belgrade picked up bitter |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Mar 2015 |
| Like lemon juice |
USA Today |
07 Mar 2015 |
| Harsh in taste |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2015 |
| Bitter in taste |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2015 |
| Rex gets stuck into terrific Bass bitter |
|
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| Harsh |
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| Sour or bitter in taste |
|
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| Harsh in taste |
|
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| Harsh |
|
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| Bitter |
|
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| Like lemon juice |
|
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| Very tart |
|
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| Like lemon juice |
|
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| Having a bite |
|
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| Bitter in taste |
|
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| Tart in tone |
|
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| Tart of tone |
|
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| Excellent R&B makes you harsh and bitter |
|
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| Acid-tongued |
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| Tart |
|
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| Like unripe fruit |
|
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| Like a lemon |
|
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| Bitter |
|
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| Acidic |
|
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| Bitter-tasting |
|
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| Lip-puckering |
|
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| Caustic |
|
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| Sharp-tasting |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Sour-tasting |
|
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| Like a sourball |
|
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| Like lemon juice (var.) |
|
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| Bitter-tasting |
|
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| First pieces of April crop – early rhubarb, but bitter and sour |
|
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| Account depressing topless Balkan tart |
|
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| Bitter |
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| Harsh |
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| Severe, as criticism |
|
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| Acid-tongued |
|
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| Acidic |
|
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| Sharp |
|
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| Bitter, in poetry |
|
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| Having a bite |
|
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| Sharp-tongued |
|
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| Bitter-tasting |
|
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| Tangy |
|
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| Sour-tasting |
|
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| Tart-tasting |
|
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| Bitter to the taste |
|
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| Acid-tongued |
|
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| Having a bite |
|
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| Severe, as criticism |
|
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| Sharp-tongued |
|
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| Severe, as criticism |
|
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| Bitter to the taste |
|
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| Acid-tongued |
|
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| Sardonic |
|
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| Bitter in taste |
|
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| Astringent |
|
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| Sharp-tongued |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Like vinegar |
|
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| Scathing |
|
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| Bitter |
|
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| Sarcastic |
|
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| Like a sourball |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Sour-tasting |
|
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| Harsh, as criticism |
|
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| Bitter |
|
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| Sour in taste |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Harsh |
|
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| Harsh, as criticism |
|
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| Sour tasting, oldstyle |
|
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| Bitter |
|
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| Sour tasting, oldstyle |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Tart-tasting |
|
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| Harsh, as criticism |
|
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| Sharp-tasting |
|
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| Sour tasting, old-style |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Sharp-tasting |
|
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| In a sour mood |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Sour-tasting, old-style |
|
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| In a sour mood |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Having a bite |
|
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| Like a sourball |
|
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| Bitter-tasting |
|
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| Sharp-tongued |
|
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| Acid-tongued |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Caustic |
|
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| Tart |
|
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| Sour-tasting |
|
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| Like vinegar |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Sharp |
|
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| Sharp |
|
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| Vinegary |
|
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| Like lemon juice |
|
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| Cutting, as criticism |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Caustic |
|
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| Tangy |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Sharp-tongued |
|
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| Like a sourball |
|
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| Bitter tasting |
|
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| Very tart |
|
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| Sour-tasting |
|
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| Tart-tasting |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Sour-tasting |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Acid-tongued |
|
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| Tart |
|
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| Sour |
|
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| Bitter-tasting |
|
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| Astringent |
|
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| Lemony |
|
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| Sharply bitter, as a comment |
|
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| Sharp, as a comment |
|
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| Harsh |
|
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| Harsh |
|
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| Sharp in taste |
|
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| Tart |
|
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| Like a sourball |
|
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| Bitter about grim and dangerous guardian? Not half |
|
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| Like unripe fruit |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Bitterly written |
|
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| Bitter to the taste |
|
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| Bitterly harsh |
|
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| Tart |
|
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| Bitter |
|
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| Ill-tempered |
|
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| Mordant |
|
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| Bitter tasting |
|
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| Sharp of tongue |
|
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| Acid |
|
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| Like unripe fruit |
|
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| Sour in taste |
|
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| Lip-puckering |
|
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| Vinegary |
|
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| Somewhat sour |
|
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| Acidulous |
|
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| Sarcastic |
|
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| Sour tasting |
|
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| Sharp and harsh |
|
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| Very critical |
|
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| Like green apples |
|
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| Pungent |
|
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| Sharply bitter |
|
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| Bitter. |
|
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| Bitingly ironic. |
|
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| Sour and astringent. |
|
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| Harsh. |
|
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| Biting. |
|
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| Biting |
|
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| Harsh and sharp. |
|
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| Vinegary. |
|
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| Sour. |
|
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| Tart in tone |
|
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| Acidic |
|
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| Cousin of 33 Across. |
|
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| Unsweet. |
|
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| Sharply critical. |
|
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| Harsh-tasting. |
|
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| Sharp and harsh. |
|
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| Pungent. |
|
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| Acid in mood. |
|
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| Caustic |
|
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| Sharp. |
|
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| Sour of flavor. |
|
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| Sharp-tasting. |
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