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Disagreeable Resting Place For Creature At Sea Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
CRABBED which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
CRABBED
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "CRABBED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Annoyed and irritable verb
- • To fish for crabs.
- • To ruin.
- • To complain.
- • To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- • To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- • To move (a camera) sideways.
- • (world war i), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
- • To back out of something.
- • (obsolete) to irritate, make surly or sour
- • To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- • (british dialect) to cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick adjective
- • Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
- • Cramped, bent.
- • (of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She wrote a crabbed letter filled with complaints and criticism."
- • "The professor's crabbed handwriting made it difficult to read his notes."
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| The Guardian Cryptic29 Apr 2005 | Across 5 | |
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