| Hoarse, surly (5) |
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| Surly note on collar (5) |
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| Good bird sounding rough (5) |
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| Fairytale: The Three Billygoats -- |
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| Brusque, curt (5) |
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| Abrupt, rough mannered (5) |
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| Rug shaken very loudly with an abrupt manner (5) |
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| Rough or abrupt in speech (5) |
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| Three Billy Goats ____, fairy tale |
The Telegraph Mini |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Rough or surly (5) |
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| There were three types of billy (5) |
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| Force collar onto husky (5) |
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| Note: reeve's mate may sound abrupt (5) |
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| Surly |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Surly, ill-tempered (5) |
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| Roughly spoken (5) |
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| Brusque teacher finally gets to interrupt trivial talk (5) |
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| Surly, roughly speaking (5) |
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| Bird goes after note that is low and throaty |
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| Billy Goats ___, children's fable (5) |
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| Surely, roughly speaking (5) |
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| Brusque |
LA Times Mini |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Abrupt or surly |
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| Rough, surly (5) |
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| After the third of August sounding coarse and surly |
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| Surly |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2024 |
| Rough-voiced (5) |
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| Brusque in speech (5) |
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| Hoarse, throaty |
The Times Concise |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Stern (reply?) |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Stern (reply?) (5) |
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| Brusque |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2023 |
| Churlish |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jul 2023 |
| Blunt and crotchety |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2023 |
| 24d |
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| Churlish |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Mar 2022 |
| Surly Republican cutting through nonsense |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Rough — brusque |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Nov 2021 |
| Churlish |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Apr 2021 |
| Abrupt; rough and low |
The Times Concise |
01 May 2019 |
| Brusque and surly |
Universal |
27 Nov 2018 |
| Good frill that's starched is rather harsh |
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| Short-tempered |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2018 |
| Short-tempered |
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| Brusque and surly |
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| Romeo in bunk becoming surly |
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| Surly Republican in bunk ... |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Apr 2017 |
| Surly Republican in bunk … |
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| Surly |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jan 2017 |
| Curmudgeonly |
The Washington Post |
04 Dec 2016 |
| 'Three Billy Goats --', Norwegian fairy tale |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
04 Dec 2016 |
| Crusty tripe sandwiches lead to revulsion |
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| Harsh — brusque |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Curmudgeonly |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
15 Jan 2016 |
| Curmudgeonly |
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| Harsh and brusque |
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| Stern and brusque |
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| Curmudgeonly |
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| Surly |
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| Poorly suited to working in public relations |
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| Rough-mannered |
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| Crusty |
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| Hoarse |
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| Curmudgeonly |
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| Curmudgeonly |
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| Brusque and surly |
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| Churlish |
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| Curmudgeonly |
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| Brusque |
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| Brusque |
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| Surly Republican cutting through nonsense |
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| Surly |
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| Surly |
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| Fairy-tale billy goat |
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| Throaty |
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| Harsh; surly |
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| Surly. |
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| Bad-tempered. |
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| Harsh and throaty. |
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| Bearish. |
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