ill humour

Across: 9, Ill humour 10, Watch out 12, Hand 13, (bi)G-Lance 14, Ch-erish 15, P-Earl Grey 17, Point-less 18, T-all-ied 20, Charge 21, Edge 24, St-ripped 26, A-pp-ended 28, O-W-N-S 29, B-idd-en 31, Char-lie 34, Dism-is-s-al 36, Runnersup 38, C-ons-ent 39, G-ashed 40, Menu 41, Re-strict 42, Got around.

Let us indulge our ill humour and feel free to be as nasty as we want just for a day.

He quickly recovered his customary ill humour after wolfing down a boiled egg and the fingers that fed it to him will be better soon.

No ill humour, no complaint, no bogus excuses, no maudlin regret, just a joke, at his own expense about how he had told himself 'Come on fatty, pull your finger out!' when he realised the fight was not going his way and he faced, for the first time in a distinguished career, defeat.

But, if his ill humour was connected with funds, or lack of them, for next season, his mood would not have been brightened by Rovers' Premiership pay-out automatically being lessened to the tune of over pounds 1 million when John's late goal cost them a couple of places in the final table.