| Judas-like cross (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Irritable fictional friend of Mole and Toad (5) |
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| Tattered |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Peevish swimmer out of the race (5) |
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| Bad-tempered American lawyer supporting Republican |
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| Peevish as a bright lad put out of the race (5) |
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| Irritable |
The Telegraph Mini |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Annoyed by rodent infestation? (5) |
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| Bad-tempered |
Mirror Tea Time |
06 May 2025 |
| Grumpy, irritable |
The Sun Mini |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Water vole friend of Mr. Toad in The Wind In The Willows (5) |
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| Tetchy friend of Mole's |
Mirror Cryptic |
04 Apr 2025 |
| Bad-tempered |
Mirror Quick |
04 Apr 2025 |
| Threadbare |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2025 |
| In shoddy shape |
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| Angry swimmer out of the race (5) |
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| A water vole in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame |
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| Rodent in The Wind in the Willows (5) |
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| Bright boy put out of the race, so peevish (5) |
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| Really peevish, like a deserter |
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| Dingy |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Angry rodent heartlessly shot |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Bad-tempered |
Mirror Quick |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Tetchy friend of Mole's |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Wind in the Willows character |
Mirror Tea Time |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Cross for stern lawyer, in short |
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| Irritable character in <i>Wind in the Willows</i> |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Peevish as a pest can make one (5) |
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| Tattered and torn |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Displeased with the tarty appearance |
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| One of the main characters in The Wind in the Willows. (5) |
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| Cross |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Angry about infestation? (5) |
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| Testy a Wind in the Willows character (5) |
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| Dilapidated |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Irritable (inf) (5) |
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| Teetotaller Raymond outside is irritable (5) |
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| Irritable (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Wind in the Willows character |
Mirror Tea Time |
12 Sep 2024 |
| Bad-tempered |
Mirror Quick |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Tetchy friend of Mole's |
Mirror Cryptic |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Too big and bad-tempered to be called mousy? (5) |
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| Run-down |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Irritable like a horrible child having lost book |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Easily riled |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Irritable man not allowed booze inside |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Sailor upset over case of thievery gets irritable (5) |
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| Irascible friend of Mole's? |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Bad-tempered |
Mirror Quick |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Bad-tempered (S) |
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| The Wind in the Willows character |
Mirror Tea Time |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Non-drinker wearing beam? No: irritable! (5) |
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| Threadbare |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Vituperous about the vermin? (5) |
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| Cross beam straddling tops of the timbers |
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| In shabby condition |
Commuter |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Mole's friend in The Wind in the Willows |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
31 May 2024 |
| Irritable, cranky |
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| Annoyed when infested with rodents? (5) |
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| Extra-shabby |
Commuter |
04 May 2024 |
| Angry enough to desert? (5) |
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| Wind in the Willows character |
Mirror Tea Time |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Peeved by the word "verminous" (5) |
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| Easily riled |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Angry man not taking booze inside |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Irascible friend of Mole's |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Run-down |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Bad-tempered |
Mirror Quick |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Irritable, peevish (5) |
|
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| Race in streak being impatient (5) |
|
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| Bad-tempered and irritable (5) |
|
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| Tattered |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Bad-tempered (colloq) (5) |
|
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| Radical attorney briefly irritable |
|
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| Irritable as overrun with vermin? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Irritable Democrat, typically somewhat diminished |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Irritable tee totaller Raymond outside (5) |
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| Irritable truants try getting even (5) |
|
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| Irritable, informally (5) |
|
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| Bad-tempered friend of Mole's |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Jan 2024 |
| Irascible |
Mirror Quick |
16 Jan 2024 |
| Irritable (colloq) (5) |
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| Testy – Wind in the Willows character |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Easily riled |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Angry as overrun with vermin? |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Unkempt |
Universal |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Well-worn |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2023 |
| Bad-tempered companion of Mr Toad |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Run-down |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Shabby |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2023 |
| Shabby |
Universal |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Irritable |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Jun 2023 |
| Irritable |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Jun 2023 |
| In poor condition |
Wall Street Journal |
23 May 2023 |
| Angry tyrant arranged to banish knight |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 May 2023 |
| Mole's friend in The Wind in the Willows |
The Guardian Quick |
11 May 2023 |
| Dilapidated |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2023 |
| Dilapidated |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2022 |
| Bad-tempered friend of Mole |
The Times Cryptic |
05 May 2022 |
| Irritable chap digesting Times |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Feb 2022 |
| Raymond entertains non-drinker, irritable |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Mole's companion is irritable |
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| Like a shabby sweater |
Universal |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Irritable, having no spirit with Raymond around |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Bad-tempered note about not drinking |
|
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| Bad-tempered |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Perhaps skate across Tees in a huff |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Run-down |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jun 2021 |
| Angry as a deserter? |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 May 2021 |
| Irritable |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 May 2021 |
| Bad-tempered fellow seizes sporting trophy |
|
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| Threadbare |
Universal |
13 Apr 2021 |
| Torn and tattered |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2021 |
| Hint: about 12 short |
|
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| Short races some hope to hold? |
|
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| Irritable man not taking booze inside |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Easily riled |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jan 2021 |
| In poor condition |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Dec 2020 |
| Impatient tourist on vacation tucking into fish |
|
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| Ill-behaved but beginning to be irritable |
|
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| Bad-tempered blackleg, extremely testy |
|
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| Peppery fish quite dry on the inside |
|
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| Irritable, getting dry in a little sun |
|
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| In bad condition |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Hot under the collar attorney fails to get one? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Mar 2020 |
| Irascible Republican lawyer in America |
|
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| Easily annoyed a couple of times aboard railway |
|
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| Irritable |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Nov 2019 |
| Fictional mole's chum |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Nov 2019 |
| Bad-tempered |
The Times Concise |
29 Oct 2019 |
| Cross off the sauce, eating fish? On the contrary |
|
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| Easily riled (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Aug 2019 |
| Irritable man not allowed booze inside |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Aug 2019 |
| Run-down |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2019 |
| In shabby shape |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2019 |
| In bad condition |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Short beam on the wagon splits |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jul 2019 |
| Irritable (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jun 2019 |
| Shabby |
Premier Sunday |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Angry as overrun with vermin? |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Squalid |
Universal |
05 Mar 2019 |
| Broken-down |
Premier Sunday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Irritable man admits drinking nothing alcoholic |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2019 |
| Squalid |
|
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| Run-down |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| In bad condition |
|
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| Irritable and childishly ill-behaved, destroying book |
|
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| Tattered |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Nov 2018 |
| Short motorcycle races held in Man |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Oct 2018 |
| In disrepair |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Sep 2018 |
| Angry man not taking booze inside |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Squalid |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2018 |
| In serious disrepair |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2018 |
| In terrible condition |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2018 |
| Shabby and then some |
Universal |
04 Jan 2018 |
| In serious disrepair |
|
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| In terrible condition |
|
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| Squalid |
|
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| Shabby and then some |
|
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| In disrepair |
|
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| Very shabby |
Universal |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Dilapidated |
New York Times |
11 Nov 2017 |
| In shabby condition |
USA Today |
07 Oct 2017 |
| Incredibly shabby |
Universal |
05 Oct 2017 |
| Tattered |
Universal |
03 Oct 2017 |
| In shabby condition |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2017 |
| Shabby |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2017 |
| Shabby |
The Washington Post |
08 Sep 2017 |
| Attorney dismisses one that's irritable |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Tattered and torn |
Newsday |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Like shabby old clothes |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jul 2017 |
| Like shabby old clothes |
The Washington Post |
21 Jul 2017 |
| Mole's friend is irritable |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 May 2017 |
| Torn, unkempt and tattered |
Universal |
11 May 2017 |
| In serious disrepair |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2017 |
| Bad-tempered lines written about a tense time |
|
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| Threadbare |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jan 2017 |
| Irascible and tense, repeatedly caught in beam |
|
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| Bad-tempered teetotaller covered in fish |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Jan 2017 |
| In shabby condition |
|
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| In serious disrepair |
|
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| Dilapidated |
|
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| Like shabby old clothes |
|
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| Incredibly shabby |
|
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| Tattered |
|
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| Torn, unkempt and tattered |
|
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| Very shabby |
|
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| Shabby |
|
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| Run-down |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2016 |
| Ill-tempered piper helped solve such a problem? |
|
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| Far from stylish |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2016 |
| Irritable with pests |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Aug 2016 |
| In very bad condition |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Flea-bitten |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2016 |
| Chap entertaining teetotaller is in a bad mood |
|
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| Graham's character showing signs of wear and tear |
|
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| Like a sweater that's full of holes |
The Washington Post |
14 Jun 2016 |
| Run-down |
Premier Sunday |
24 Apr 2016 |
| Tattered |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2016 |
| Dog-eared |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Irritable sailor returned empty trolley |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Jan 2016 |
| In very bad condition |
|
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| Flea-bitten |
|
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| Dog-eared |
|
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| Ramshackle |
Jonesin |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Tattered and torn |
Universal |
20 Nov 2015 |
| Short boy goes around on the wagon |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Character in children's book displaying a temper |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Oct 2015 |
| Like a rodent-infested building |
Universal |
05 Sep 2015 |
| Bad-tempered lines about a teetotaller |
|
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| In bad condition |
New York Times |
20 Jul 2015 |
| Dilapidated |
Newsday |
27 May 2015 |
| Irritable Republican lawyer getting short |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Apr 2015 |
| The worse for wear |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Disheveled |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Dilapidated |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jan 2015 |
| Like a rodent-infested building |
|
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| In bad condition |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| Threadbare |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| Dilapidated |
|
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| The worse for wear |
|
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| Condition of sewer/ having got the needle? |
|
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| Overrun with vermin |
|
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| In shabby shape |
|
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| Well-worn |
|
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| In shabby shape |
|
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| Moth-eaten |
|
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| Dirty and unkempt |
|
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| Shabby |
|
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| Tattered |
|
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| Shabby |
|
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| Like an infested warehouse |
|
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| Irritable friend of Mole and Toad |
|
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| Threadbare |
|
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| Like an rodent-infested warehouse |
|
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| Threadbare |
|
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| In shabby condition |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| Run-down |
|
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| Wretched |
|
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| Torn and tattered |
|
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| Dilapidated |
|
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| Full of holes |
|
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| Run-down |
|
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| Unkempt |
|
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| Torn and tattered |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| Dilapidated |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| Worn and tattered |
|
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| Threadbare |
|
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| Tattered |
|
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| Flea-bitten |
|
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| Wretched |
|
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| Flea-bitten |
|
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| Wretched |
|
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| Shabby |
|
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| In disrepair |
|
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| Threadbare |
|
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| Worn and torn |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| Well-worn |
|
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| Dilapidated |
|
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| The worse for wear, e.g. |
|
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| Dirty and unkempt |
|
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| Moth-eaten |
|
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| Falling apart at the seams |
|
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| Unkempt |
|
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| The worse for wear |
|
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| Threadbare |
|
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| Verminous |
|
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| Wretched |
|
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| Falling apart at the seams |
|
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| Wretched |
|
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| Like an infested warehouse |
|
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| Tattered and torn |
|
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| Overly worn |
|
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| Worn-out |
|
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| Raymond entertains non-drinker, irritable |
|
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| Irritable chap digesting Times |
|
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| Bad-tempered friend of Mole |
|
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| In shabby shape |
|
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| Overrun with vermin |
|
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| Dilapidated |
|
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| Shabby; scruffy |
|
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| Dilapidated |
|
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| Threadbare |
|
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| In bad shape |
|
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| Shabby |
|
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| Unkempt |
|
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| Like Hamelin |
|
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| Like a flophouse |
|
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| Rundown |
|
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| Down-at-the-heels |
|
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| Rodent-infested. |
|
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| Dilapidated |
|
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| Unkempt: Slang. |
|
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| Shabby: Slang. |
|
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| Somewhat rundown |
|
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| What Hamelin town was. |
|
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| Small, mean and treacherous. |
|
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| Dilapidated: Slang. |
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