| Presenting cross words |
Newsday |
24 May 2025 |
| Bad-tempered and certainly devoid of energy |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
23 May 2025 |
| Sullenly rude |
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| Grouchy, but having a pure heart and being clever about it (5) |
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| Cantankerous |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Unfriendly and cunning siege of old city (5) |
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| Sullenly ill-tempered or rude (5) |
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| Bad-tempered |
Newsday |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Bad-tempered without doubt, lacking energy (5) |
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The Telegraph Plusword |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Gruff and grumpy |
The Telegraph Plusword |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Gruffly rude (5) |
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| Belligerent |
LA Times Daily |
12 May 2024 |
| Certainly lacking energy and morose (5) |
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| Bad-tempered |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Churlishly rude |
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| Bad-tempered |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Bad-tempered |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Nov 2022 |
| Surely dropping cigarette end is rude |
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| Non-civil English county about to be swept away by lake! |
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| Irritably unfriendly |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Ill-tempered |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2021 |
| Bad-tempered |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2021 |
| Ill-tempered |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2020 |
| Like a sourpuss |
The Washington Post |
26 Dec 2019 |
| Like a sourpuss |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2019 |
| Shirley said take the last goodie away from one who's bad-tempered |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Bad-tempered and unfriendly |
New York Times |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Bad-tempered and unfriendly |
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| Bad-tempered |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Sep 2018 |
| Bad-tempered |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Bad-tempered |
The Washington Post |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Irascible |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2018 |
| Gruff |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 May 2018 |
| Prone to cross words |
Newsday |
13 Apr 2018 |
| Bearish |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Mar 2018 |
| In a crabby mood |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Prone to sullen moods |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Prone to sullen moods |
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| Ill-tempered |
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| Bad-tempered |
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| Truculent |
Universal |
14 Dec 2017 |
| Foul-tempered |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2017 |
| Bad-tempered |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Ill-tempered |
Premier Sunday |
16 Apr 2017 |
| Morose |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Mar 2017 |
| Truculent |
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| Foul-tempered |
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| Grumpy |
Universal |
20 Dec 2016 |
| Bad-tempered, unfriendly |
The Times Concise |
04 Oct 2016 |
| Ill-humored |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2016 |
| Irritably sullen |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2016 |
| Irritable |
The Washington Post |
05 Jan 2016 |
| Irascible |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jan 2016 |
| Grumpy |
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| Irritably sullen |
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| Irascible |
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| Ill-tempered |
Family Time |
30 Aug 2015 |
| In a foul mood |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2015 |
| In a foul mood |
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| Ill-tempered |
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| Ill-humored |
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| Quick to bristle |
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| Ill-tempered |
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| Easily miffed |
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| Crabbed |
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| Bad-tempered |
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| Sullenly ill-humored |
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| Inclined to anger |
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| Like a sourpuss |
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| Gruff |
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| Gruff |
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| Ill-tempered |
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| Ill-tempered |
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| Ill-tempered |
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| Irascible |
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| Bad-tempered |
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| Ill-humored |
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| Ill-humored |
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| Not exactly wholesome |
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| Rude and sullen |
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| Bad-tempered |
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| Irascible |
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| Like a sourpuss |
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| Irascible |
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| Distinctly uncooperative |
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| Definitely having no end of petulance? |
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| Peevish |
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| Ill-humored |
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| Rude and sullen |
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| Cantankerous |
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| Hardly polite |
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| Gruff |
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| Ill-natured |
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| Uncivil |
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| Gruff or glum |
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| Bad-tempered |
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| Uncivil. |
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| Bearish. |
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| Like a curmudgeon. |
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| Churlish. |
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| Cross-grained. |
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| Rude. |
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| One of the Seven Duffs at Duff Gardens |
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| Grumpy |
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| Churlish |
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