Possible Clues:

• Demeaning remark
• Slight item apparent between raisin and sultana?
• Affront, offend
• A deliberately offensive remark
• Cause offence to
• Speak or act in way designed to hurt
• Where you get 'ell for anything so rude
• "Your 5-Down wears army boots!" e.g.
• A slight worry until about the second
• Slight retrenching this month, and last month