The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 6 letter word SOUR GRAPES
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More clues leading to the result SOUR GRAPES
- Thus desires to accept blame for being bad loser?
- Sad as purr goes becoming affected scorn
- Resentful criticism from those downtrodden and spoiled?
- Unedifying attitude that may set teeth on edge
- Sarge pours out an expression of disdain
- Unpleasant bunch’s dismissive attitude
- Thus desires to restrict criticism, creating resentful attitude
- .Our Greek primate on board pretended disdain
- Resentful disparagement of us by Greek mimic on board
- Rejecting the unattainable, hence encourages accepting average return
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The straight part
We know that "Resentful criticism" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case resentful criticism = sour grapes.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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