| Ruthless (5) |
Puzzler |
13 Mar 2026 |
| Nasty, unkind (5) |
Puzzler |
02 Mar 2026 |
| Willfully causing pain |
New York Times Mini |
12 Jan 2026 |
| Cold-hearted |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2025 |
| Not kind (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Nov 2025 |
| Opposite of humane |
Commuter |
10 Nov 2025 |
| Heartless |
Universal |
03 Nov 2025 |
| Callous |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Vile clue half ignored without regret |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Filthy lucre is merciless(5) |
|
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| Mean to cause ulcer damage (5) |
|
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| Terribly unkind |
The Telegraph Plusword |
01 Jun 2025 |
| Inhumane |
Commuter |
21 May 2025 |
| Conservative bending rule is lacking in compassion (5) |
|
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| Draconian |
New York Times |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Horrible ulcer causing distress (5) |
|
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| Malicious |
|
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| Fur-obsessed vil___in created by Dodie Smith |
Universal |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Heartless, very unkind (5) |
|
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| _ Intentions, 1999 film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe (5) |
|
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| Our star's movie: - Intentions |
|
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| Inhumane |
Commuter |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Heartless |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2025 |
| "I must be only to be kind" (Shakespeare, Hamlet) (5) |
|
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| _ Intentions, new drama with Sarah Catherine Hook and Zac Burgess (5) |
|
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| Without mercy, credit is universally given to the Spanish (5) |
|
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| Inhuman lucre (5) |
|
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| Heartless setter finally typed in cryptic clue (5) |
|
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| "Don't Be ___" (1955 hit by Elvis) (5) |
|
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| Maliciously causing pain |
Mirror Classic |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Barbaric, merciless |
The Times Concise |
29 Oct 2024 |
| 'I must be ___ only to be kind' (Shakespeare Hamlet act 3, sc. 4) (5) |
|
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| Malicious |
|
|
| Very mean and unkind |
|
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| Barbaric |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Hard-hearted, unkind (5) |
The Sun Mini |
07 Sep 2024 |
| U2 "So ___" (5) |
|
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| Brutal |
The Sun Mini |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Bananarama's "___ Summer" |
Universal |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Merciless with many a rule breaker (5) |
|
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| Like Fantine's coworkers in "Les Miserables" |
|
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| Sadistic |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Inhumane |
Commuter |
29 May 2024 |
| Callous |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 May 2024 |
| Brutish corporal outwardly concealing regret (5) |
|
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| Not kind of vintage the French can return to (5) |
|
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| Sadistic kind of yarn is heard (5) |
|
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| Brutal (5) |
Puzzler |
29 Mar 2024 |
| & 6D 1999 film drama starring Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar |
Mirror Quiz |
24 Mar 2024 |
| 1999 film drama starring Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar (5,10) |
|
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| Barbarous lucre (5) |
|
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| Inhumane |
Mirror Classic |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Beyond unkind |
Commuter |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Sadistic, mean |
|
|
| After start of Christmas, Misrule was very unkind (5) |
|
|
| Harsh or unkind |
|
|
| Sadistic |
The Times Concise |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Very mean |
Premier Sunday |
18 Feb 2024 |
| Cryptic clue about Republican devoid of pity (5) |
|
|
| Merciless |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Cryptic clue about Republican devoid of pity |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Malicious |
|
|
| Lacking mercy (5) |
|
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| Filthy lucre makes one heartless (5) |
|
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| Hard-hearted way to effect cure at fifty (5) |
|
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| Maliciously unkind (5) |
|
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| Very mean |
Newsday |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Not very nice |
Newsday |
07 Dec 2023 |
| Merciless |
Commuter |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Meaner than mean |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Monstrous or barbaric |
|
|
| Like Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters |
|
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| Raw cold food Oliver's presented not good |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Unkind and wicked |
|
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| "___ Summer," 1983 song by Bananarama |
|
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| Showing no mercy |
|
|
| Vicious |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2022 |
| Causing suffering |
The Times Concise |
11 Mar 2022 |
| Heartless |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Mar 2022 |
| Unacceptable, as punishment |
|
|
| Unacceptable, as punishment |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2022 |
| More than unkind |
|
|
| More than unkind |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Cold-blooded |
Universal |
06 Jan 2022 |
| Vicious |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Villainous in manner |
Newsday |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Heartless |
|
|
| Heartless |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Not at all nice |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2021 |
| "___ Intentions," Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar starrer romantic drama |
|
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| Deliberately and pitilessly causing pain |
|
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| "___ Intentions," teen drama film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kathryn Merteuil for which she won an MTV Movie Award |
|
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| Not very nice |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Heartless |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2021 |
| . Nasty about French street – lying primarily |
|
|
| Sadistic |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jan 2021 |
| Merciless |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Inhumane or merciless |
|
|
| Heartless |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Nov 2020 |
| Not nice at all |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Not nice at all |
|
|
| Dreadful ulcer is more than one can bear |
|
|
| Mean |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Vicious |
USA Today |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Ruthless Conservative line taken without regret |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 May 2020 |
| Barbaric or merciless |
|
|
| Mean |
|
|
| Mean |
LA Times Daily |
29 Apr 2020 |
| Very unkind |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2020 |
| Pitiless |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2020 |
| Pitiless |
|
|
| Heartless |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2019 |
| Draconian |
|
|
| Monstrous or barbaric |
|
|
| Like Cinderella's stepmother |
|
|
| Unkind |
The Times Concise |
29 Sep 2019 |
| Reese Witherspoon's "___ Intentions" |
|
|
| Inhumane |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Like April, per Eliot |
Universal |
17 May 2019 |
| Unusual partner? |
Universal |
15 May 2019 |
| Unusual companion? |
Wall Street Journal |
14 May 2019 |
| Nasty |
Universal |
31 Mar 2019 |
| One who shows no mercy |
|
|
| Sadistic |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Causing suffering |
The Times Concise |
10 Jan 2019 |
| Nasty |
|
|
| Sadistic |
|
|
| Like April, per Eliot |
|
|
| Unusual partner? |
|
|
| Unusual companion? |
|
|
| Regret punching Conservative and Liberal, causing pain |
|
|
| Eighth Amendment adjective |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2018 |
| Ruthless |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2018 |
| Foul and oppressive, like some fairy tale kings |
|
|
| Devoid of pity |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Cold-hearted captain's rule goes astray |
|
|
| Capable of atrocities |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2018 |
| Inhumane |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2018 |
| Inhumane |
|
|
| Be sorry in class as opposed to being mean |
|
|
| Like Simon Legree |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2018 |
| Merciless |
|
|
| Inhumane |
|
|
| Ruthless |
|
|
| Eighth Amendment adjective |
|
|
| Like Simon Legree |
|
|
| Capable of atrocities |
|
|
| Deliberately hurtful |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2017 |
| More than nasty, like some fairytale kings |
|
|
| Heartless |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Captain to regret loss that's heartbreaking |
|
|
| Inflicting pain and feeling no concern |
|
|
| Draconian |
|
|
| Barbarous |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2017 |
| Like Vlad the Impaler |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Deliberately hurtful |
|
|
| Like Vlad the Impaler |
|
|
| Barbarous |
|
|
| Meaner than mean |
Universal |
06 Dec 2016 |
| Very mean |
Newsday |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Merciless |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2016 |
| Mean, mean, mean |
New York Times |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Like Cinderella's stepsisters |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Oct 2016 |
| Twisting the knife, say |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2016 |
| Mercilessly mean |
|
|
| Merciless |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Feb 2016 |
| Like a Grand Inquisitor |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Mean, mean, mean |
|
|
| Like a Grand Inquisitor |
|
|
| Meaner than mean |
|
|
| Twisting the knife, say |
|
|
| Barbaric |
Universal |
20 Nov 2015 |
| Hard clue set to trap solver ultimately |
|
|
| Dreadful ulcer is painful |
|
|
| Inhumane |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Apr 2015 |
| Brutal |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Feb 2015 |
| Unusual partner? |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2015 |
| Heartbreaking for the French to return finally the best of the vineyard |
|
|
| Pitiless |
|
|
| Merciless |
|
|
| Bananarama's "Summer" |
|
|
| Mean |
|
|
| Very mean |
|
|
| Barbaric |
|
|
| Unusual partner? |
|
|
| Regret cutting first half of clue, causing distress |
|
|
| Not at all kind-hearted |
|
|
| Nasty and then some |
|
|
| Sadistic |
|
|
| Beastly |
|
|
| Monstrous |
|
|
| Very unkind |
|
|
| Ironhearted |
|
|
| Hard-hearted |
|
|
| A bit worse than 44-Across |
|
|
| Not very nice |
|
|
| Barbaric |
|
|
| Ruthless |
|
|
| Hard-hearted |
|
|
| Sadistic |
|
|
| Steve Martin's "___ Shoes" |
|
|
| Merciless |
|
|
| Vicious |
|
|
| Mean, and then some |
|
|
| Like Cinderella's stepsisters |
|
|
| Mean, and then some |
|
|
| Despotic |
|
|
| Unusual companion? |
|
|
| Unusual companion? |
|
|
| Heartless |
|
|
| Merciless |
|
|
| Barbarous |
|
|
| Cold-blooded |
|
|
| Inhumane |
|
|
| Eighth Amendment word |
|
|
| Draconian |
|
|
| Merciless |
|
|
| Like Ms. deVille |
|
|
| Nasty and then some |
|
|
| Like Simon Legree |
|
|
| Mean |
|
|
| Harsh |
|
|
| Brutal |
|
|
| Truculent |
|
|
| Hard-hearted |
|
|
| Unusual partner |
|
|
| Like Cinderella's stepmother |
|
|
| Eighth Amendment word |
|
|
| Like Cinderella's stepmother |
|
|
| Unusual partner? |
|
|
| Unusual partner |
|
|
| More than mean |
|
|
| Like the Murdstones in "David Copperfield" |
|
|
| "___ Shoes" (Steve Martin book) |
|
|
| Draconian |
|
|
| Ruthless |
|
|
| Unusual partner |
|
|
| Like Caligula |
|
|
| Vicious |
|
|
| Merciless |
|
|
| Cold-blooded |
|
|
| Unusual partner |
|
|
| Not at all nice |
|
|
| Sadistic |
|
|
| Heartless |
|
|
| Mean |
|
|
| Having no mercy |
|
|
| Barbaric |
|
|
| Merciless |
|
|
| Not nice |
|
|
| Unkind |
|
|
| Unusual's partner? |
|
|
| Elvis' "Don't Be ___" |
|
|
| Nasty and then some |
|
|
| Unusual partner? |
|
|
| Unusual partner? |
|
|
| Elvis's "Don't Be ___" |
|
|
| Mean |
|
|
| Merciless |
|
|
| Barbaric |
|
|
| Inhumane |
|
|
| Sadistic |
|
|
| Merciless |
|
|
| Unkind |
|
|
| Heartless |
|
|
| Savage |
|
|
| Unusual partner? |
|
|
| Brutal |
|
|
| Black-hearted |
|
|
| More than nasty |
|
|
| Heartless |
|
|
| Malevolent |
|
|
| Like some practical jokes |
|
|
| Mean |
|
|
| Diabolical |
|
|
| Like Simon Legree |
|
|
| Hardhearted |
|
|
| Beastly |
|
|
| Like fairy-tale stepmothers |
|
|
| Merciless |
|
|
| Heartless |
|
|
| Merciless (5) |
|
|
| Monsarrat's "The ___ Sea" |
|
|
| Remorseless |
|
|
| Unrelenting |
|
|
| Like fate, often |
|
|
| Illegal kind of punishment |
|
|
| Like Monsarrat's sea |
|
|
| "The ___ Sea" |
|
|
| Pitiless |
|
|
| Despotic. |
|
|
| "___ wars, wasting the earth."—Milton |
|
|
| Barbarous. |
|
|
| Merciless. |
|
|
| Harsh. |
|
|
| Inhuman. |
|
|
| Tyrannic. |
|
|
| Like Sade. |
|
|
| Pitiless. |
|
|
| Ruthless. |
|
|
| Neronian. |
|
|
| Unkind. |
|
|
| "The ___ Sea." |
|
|
| Hard-hearted. |
|
|
| Adjective for the sea. |
|
|