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Peevish types no longer available! (3,2,5)

Ross

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out of sorts

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(Other definitions for out of sorts that I've seen before include "Slightly unwell" , "Slightly unhappy" , "under the weather" , "Not feeling quite right" , "Irritable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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