D.r. Big Crossword

[No-Puffin]

Am I daft or is there a word "grizzled" meaning a fretful child? The clue is cried frefully (8) and the letters I have are ?r?z?l?d

[dannyk13]

Grizzly means fretful

[dannyk13]

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/grizzly
Def.2.

[donny48]

verbBritishinformal
past tense: grizzled; past participle: grizzled

(of a child) cry fretfully.
"sometimes children grizzled, sometimes they wailed"
synonyms: cry, cry fretfully, weep, whimper, whine, whinge, mewl, moan, bleat, snivel, sob, wail, howl, bawl; More
greet;
informalboohoo, blubber, blub, turn on the waterworks
"the baby grizzled when she went away"
sulk or grumble.

[No-Puffin]

Thank you both - was sure it applied to weans.

[donny48]

Enjoy being able to help.