Related Clues:

• Cranky oldster
• Old grouch
• Sourpuss has gone off covered with dog dirt
• Surly miser
• Dunce or mug (anag) — grumbler
• Grouch about corundum, as an example's held up
• He's surly about black slime in egg
• Bear has gone off after mongrel with disgraced name?
• Bad-tempered person
• Copper's drug bust arresting male, one horribly grumpy man
• Meldrew, say, starting to criticise doctor with top off about dirt
• Crab has gone to scuttle past mongrel on soft earth
• Cranky person
• Irascible type's gone out after seeing dog dirt
• Bad-tempered type of dog, dog men exercised outside university