Crotchety and ill-tempered Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CANTANKEROUS Crotchety and ill-tempered (12) Mirror Tea Time Dec 7, 2023
3% SOBRIETY Temperance (8) (8) Mirror Classic Dec 11, 2025
3% ILLTEMPERED Crotchety (3-8) (11) Puzzler Nov 15, 2025
3% TEETOTAL Practising temperance (8) The Times Concise Nov 11, 2025
2% ANIMOSITY Ill will, rancour (9) The Times Concise Dec 3, 2025
2% AIL Feel ill (3) Commuter Nov 20, 2025
2% INAPT Ill-suited (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 19, 2025
2% MALICE Hostility, ill will (6) The Times Concise Nov 6, 2025
2% IRE Hot temper (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 31, 2025
2% FIERY Quick-tempered (5) Commuter Oct 21, 2025

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