| Grating beef | Newsday | 23 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Complain like a toddler | Commuter | 21 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Complain (5) | Mirror Quick | 16 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Cry when I design (5) | Mirror Cryptic | 16 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Gripe | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 23 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Complain, moan (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Bellyache | Wall Street Journal | 12 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | When messed about, I go in to complain (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Grouse hearts Graves perhaps consumes | The Times Cryptic | 26 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Puppy's plaint | New York Times | 20 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Top of hovercraft in port will give high complaining sound (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Kvetch | Universal | 02 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | When messed about, I go in and complain (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Petulant moan |  |  | 
          
            | Feeble petulant moan (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Complain about the shiraz, we hear (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Be a kvetch | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Complain of drink, audibly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Complaint picking up alcoholic drink (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Husband enthralled by booze and beef (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Say "This isn't fair!," say | New York Times Mini | 22 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Grizzle for a drink so to speak (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Voice a beef feebly |  |  | 
          
            | Complain | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Complaining long-drawn wail as of a dog (5) |  |  | 
          
            | As Jonathan Ross says, German river generates complaint (5) | The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 07 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | As Jonathan Ross says, German river generates complaint (5) | The Guardian Quick | 07 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | When I cooked something like beef or grouse (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Sound cranky | LA Times Daily | 16 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Complain in hotel in Bordeaux, perhaps | The Times Quick Cryptic | 15 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Complain about one when drunk (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Drink, it's said, leads to unpleasant-sounding complaint |  |  | 
          
            | When rowdy, | go in to complain (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Complain about the claret, we hear (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 15 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Complain petulantly | USA Today | 13 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Moan and groan | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 10 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | When falsely imprisoned, I complain (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Gorse starting to emit a continuous high-pitched noise (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Complaint one enters when maltreated (5) | The Guardian Cryptic | 07 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Complain about one when upset (5) |  |  | 
          
            | What a plaintive dog may do when I disturb it |  |  | 
          
            | Complain, like a dog? (5) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 14 May 2024 | 
          
            | Endless hewing can make us moan! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Kvetch | LA Times Daily | 06 May 2024 | 
          
            | Moan petulantly |  |  | 
          
            | He must have a win making that noise! |  |  | 
          
            | Complain when I get in difficulty |  |  | 
          
            | To get a drink out of a hotel, complain! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Complain when drink is mentioned (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Kvetch | Universal | 03 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Snivel | The Telegraph Quick | 02 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | When bothered about, I complain (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Complain about the hot drink (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Complain and drink, reportedly | The Times Quick Cryptic | 14 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Moan and groan | LA Times Daily | 10 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Moan and groan | LA Times Daily | 22 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Complain annoyingly | The Guardian Quick | 18 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Bellyache | LA Times Daily | 17 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Complain like a child | Newsday | 27 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Upset when I complain | The Times Cryptic | 17 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Complain peevishly | The Guardian Quick | 03 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Grumble when husband gets in hock, perhaps | The Times Cryptic | 26 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Complain petulantly | The Times Concise | 26 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Moan and groan | Newsday | 09 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Cry feebly | Premier Sunday | 10 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Grizzle | The Telegraph Quick | 03 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Whimper | The Telegraph Quick | 24 May 2022 | 
          
            | Whimper | The Telegraph Quick | 15 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Petulant sound | Thomas Joseph | 16 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Be a kvetch | New York Times | 02 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Sound cranky | Newsday | 21 May 2021 | 
          
            | Moan and groan | Universal | 05 May 2021 | 
          
            | Moan | The Telegraph Quick | 24 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Complain annoyingly |  |  | 
          
            | Child's fussy cry, sometimes |  |  | 
          
            | Horse served in Bordeaux perhaps causing belly-ache |  |  | 
          
            | Complain | The Telegraph Quick | 24 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Complain annoyingly | Newsday | 10 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Weimaraner's complaint | LA Times Daily | 16 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Weimaraner's complaint | The Washington Post | 16 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Grumble when husband gets in hock, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Complain annoyingly | New York Times | 22 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Do some bellyaching | Wall Street Journal | 15 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Complain annoyingly |  |  | 
          
            | Do some bellyaching |  |  | 
          
            | Peevish complaint from Caucasian changing time to noon |  |  | 
          
            | Complaining cry | The Telegraph Quick | 19 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Moan and groan | LA Times Daily | 19 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Moan and groan | The Washington Post | 19 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Puppy plaint | Newsday | 01 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Pule | Universal | 25 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Moan and groan |  |  | 
          
            | Complain with self-pity | LA Times Daily | 11 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Complain with self-pity | The Washington Post | 11 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Complaining cry | The Times Concise | 02 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Whimper | The Telegraph Quick | 20 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Plaintive cry from horse in Bordeaux? | The Times Cryptic | 04 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Complain with self-pity |  |  | 
          
            | Moan, groan and complain | Family Time | 12 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Complaining sound | Newsday | 07 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Peevish complaint | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 30 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Graves possibly heard to complain |  |  | 
          
            | Kvetch | The Washington Post | 03 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Complain petulantly | The Times Concise | 22 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Whimper | Family Time | 06 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Moan and groan | Newsday | 21 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Unattractive complaint: husband's red perhaps all over | The Times Cryptic | 22 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | "Awwww, mom!" e.g | USA Today | 11 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | "Awwww, mom!" e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Kvetch |  |  | 
          
            | Moan and groan |  |  | 
          
            | Moan, if drink's drunk hot |  |  | 
          
            | Caterwaul |  |  | 
          
            | Complain |  |  | 
          
            | "Do I have to?," for one |  |  | 
          
            | Snivel |  |  | 
          
            | Plaintive cry from husband entering port, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Snuffle |  |  | 
          
            | Annoy with complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Annoy with complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Complain childishly |  |  | 
          
            | Complaint |  |  | 
          
            | Complain ad nauseam |  |  | 
          
            | Snivel |  |  | 
          
            | Complain childishly |  |  | 
          
            | Engine sound |  |  | 
          
            | Moan and groan |  |  | 
          
            | Keep going "Why me?" |  |  | 
          
            | Snively cry |  |  | 
          
            | "Aw, mom!" e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Be a kvetch |  |  | 
          
            | Complain plaintively |  |  | 
          
            | "Aw, mom!" e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Be a kvetch |  |  | 
          
            | Kvetch |  |  | 
          
            | Peevish complaint |  |  | 
          
            | Bellyache |  |  | 
          
            | Steel guitar sound |  |  | 
          
            | Carp |  |  | 
          
            | Be a kvetch |  |  | 
          
            | Moan and groan |  |  | 
          
            | Caterwaul |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate TV's Raymond |  |  | 
          
            | Nasal complaint |  |  | 
          
            | Kvetch |  |  | 
          
            | Snivel |  |  | 
          
            | "Are we there yet?," maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Be a kvetch |  |  | 
          
            | Complain |  |  | 
          
            | Complain ad nauseum |  |  | 
          
            | Bellyache |  |  | 
          
            | Beef |  |  | 
          
            | Sound resembling a cry |  |  | 
          
            | Bellyache |  |  | 
          
            | Irritating sound |  |  | 
          
            | Nasal complaint |  |  | 
          
            | Complain peevishly |  |  | 
          
            | Complain peevishly |  |  | 
          
            | Cry over spilt milk |  |  | 
          
            | Be a complainer |  |  | 
          
            | Bellyache |  |  | 
          
            | Peevish complaint |  |  | 
          
            | Bellyache |  |  | 
          
            | High-pitched annoyance |  |  | 
          
            | Gripe |  |  | 
          
            | Be cranky |  |  | 
          
            | Cry over  spilt milk |  |  | 
          
            | Complain |  |  | 
          
            | Pule |  |  | 
          
            | Pule |  |  | 
          
            | Complain peevishly |  |  | 
          
            | Complain childishly |  |  | 
          
            | Moan and groan |  |  | 
          
            | Snivel |  |  | 
          
            | Pule or mewl |  |  | 
          
            | Canine complaint |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a bullet or brat |  |  | 
          
            | Unhappy dog's sound |  |  | 
          
            | Peevish complaint |  |  | 
          
            | Plaintive sound. |  |  | 
          
            | Pule. |  |  | 
          
            | Kennel sound effect. |  |  | 
          
            | Bleat. |  |  | 
          
            | Carp |  |  | 
          
            | Be a complainer |  |  | 
          
            | Dog's prerogative. |  |  | 
          
            | Peevish sound. |  |  | 
          
            | Unmanly complaint. |  |  |