Cryptic crossword clue
Irritable about pub counter and floor 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CRABBED

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The straight part
We know that "Irritable" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case irritable = crabbed.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CRABBED mean?

CRABBED verb
  1. To fish for crabs.
  2. To ruin.
  3. To complain.
  4. To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
  5. To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
  6. To move (a camera) sideways.
  7. (World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
  8. To back out of something.
CRABBED verb
  1. (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
  2. To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
  3. (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
CRABBED adjective
  1. Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
  2. Cramped, bent.
  3. (of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.

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