CL65 CREW WAS UNABLE TO MEET A XING RESTR ISSUED IN ZBW CLASS E.

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WHILE I WAS OFF ON COM #2 CALLING INBOUND TO STATION AT MHT; ATC TOLD MY FO; PF; TO EXPECT TO CROSS 35 NM W MHT AT 11000 FT. WE WERE ONLY PREVIOUSLY CLRED TO DSND TO 13000 FT. AFTER I RETURNED TO COM #1; ATC GAVE THE CLRNC WITH XING RESTR AND HANDED US OFF TO MHT APCH CTL. I READ BACK CLRNC; THEN REALIZED WE WERE TOO CLOSE TO MAKE XING. TOLD ATC (CTR) UNABLE TO MEET XING RESTR BUT WE'D DO BEST WE COULD. CTR RESPONDED ANGRILY THAT BASICALLY; WE SHOULD'VE BEEN ABLE; SINCE HE TOLD US TO EXPECT IT. FACT IS; I DIDN'T HEAR THE 'EXPECT' CLRNC; AND MY FO DIDN'T UPDATE ME WITH THE INFO; THEREFORE I WAS UNABLE TO BACK HIM UP TO MAKE SURE WE WOULD BE IN GOOD POS TO ACCEPT/MEET SUCH A RESTR WHEN IT WAS FINALLY GIVEN. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AT THE END OF A LONG DAY OF ROUGH WX; IFR APCHS; ETC; AND BY THEN; WE WERE FEELING PRETTY BEAT UP BY OUR DAY. I APOLOGIZED TO CTR AFTER HIS CHASTISEMENT; AND WE PRESSED ON WITH THE REST OF THE FLT; FEELING BEAT UP EVEN MORE. THIS ILLUSTRATES THE NEED; ESPECIALLY WHEN AT THE END OF A LONG DAY; TO UPDATE EACH OTHER COMPLETELY WHEN PLTS SPLIT UP ON SEPARATE RADIOS; THEN RETURN. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE A CHANCE OF ONE PLT BACKING THE OTHER ONE UP PRIOR TO AN ERROR.