| MANGY | Shabby chap, extremely grumpy |
| EVERYMAN | Ordinary chap extremely impressed by rising celebrity |
| GENTLE | Kindly chap, extremely likeable ... |
| PATCHY | Inconsistent chap, extremely tidy but disorganised (6) |
| TOFFEE | Sweet, rich chap's extremely eligible (6) |
| HESSE | Chap's extremely simple for a Nobel winner |
| GASSY | Verbose, extremely grumpy idiot intrudes (5) |
| EFFIGY | Portrait of Fife characters getting extremely grumpy |
| GYRATE | Extremely grumpy judge in circle (6) |
| GLADLY | Gratefully leave good chap, extremely lucky to get the French role (6,6) |
| DEPART | Gratefully leave good chap, extremely lucky to get the French role (6,6) |
| GALLERY | Extremely grumpy, about to go in French exhibition hall (7) |
| APOLOGY | An expression of regret from American getting extremely grumpy after game (7) |
| OLIGARCHY | Middle of sturdy bridge crossed by extremely grumpy country runners (9) |
| STINGY | Error to retain tenor, extremely grumpy and mean (6) |
| ULCER | Sore heads on utterly lairy chaps, extremely ratted |
| ALSORAN | A chap going round endlessly grumpy - there's no place for it (4-3) |
| MATTHAU | "Grumpy Old Men" headliner |
| OLDMEN | "Grumpy ___" (1993 flick) |
| OLD | 'Grumpy -- Men ('93 film)' |
