Sorry, Raggy, I realize you were the stumped puzzle-worker, not Ebbie.

"For a Polar Bear, worse than being left pawed" (2,6)

I've tried all the tricks generally used in this type of puzzle: anagrams ("polar bear" and "left pawed" both wrong # of letters), embedded words (none), backwards words (nope), puns and jokes. I think the answer has to be one of the latter two, but I can't think of one better than a couple that have already been suggested (no footed, no handed, in Norway, on notice).