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Ill-natured - drift sideways on couch (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crabbed

'ill-natured' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'drift sideways on couch' is the wordplay.
'drift sideways' becomes 'crab' (to move like a crab).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'couch' becomes 'bed' (I've seen this before).
'crab'+'bed'='CRABBED'

(Other definitions for crabbed that I've seen before include "Surly" , "Bad-tempered like crustacean" , "being hard to decipher" , "morose" , "(Of writing) hard to read" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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