Related Clues:

• Ratty needing river? Yes, initially
• Quick to anger if not allowed to speak in court
• Like a match, perhaps, likely to flare up?
• Boating enthusiast in Edwardian novel sounds cross
• One messing about in a boat in a bad temper
• Irritable, curt
• Cross desert from the east yet avoiding interior
• Liable to get nasty — is freighter permitted to circle us?
• Irritable swimmer keeps dry
• Is lorry able to circle country, and cross?
• Showing irritation, note written with a pen
• Smart spook snatching short sleep
• Quick sort of dresser
• Surly and trivial talk involving Republican
• Small reason for rash, perhaps, to make you smart