| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ORNERY | Captious |
| SOUR | Captious |
| PICKY | Captious |
| CRITICAL | Captious. |
| MARY | Captious gardener |
| sophist | captious or fallacious reasoner |
| captiously | CAPTIOUS, tending to find fault |
| captiousness | the state of being captious |
| captiousnesses | CAPTIOUSNESS, the state of being captious |
