| Harsh or severe (8) |
Mirror Classic |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Exact reason I got offered role of undersecretary secret, we've established |
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| Stern |
Mirror Tea Time |
02 May 2025 |
| Unsparing way I go right for it in turning sour (8) |
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| Severe or stringent |
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| Cook over fire, almost tough |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Exact, thorough (8) |
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| Hard to get regular characters in train to travel to Romania with us |
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| Unsparing, harsh (8) |
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| It's harsh, right? Is our go wrong, then? (8) |
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| Demanding |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Scrupulous doctor able to absorb material without pressure |
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| Accurate equipment with ring gets ours adjusted (8) |
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| Inflexible gear old American soldiers carried |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Oct 2023 |
| Thoroughgoing |
The Times Concise |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Tough equipment letting in water after top's removed |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Aug 2020 |
| Meticulous in dress, old setters welcoming run out |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Severe operatic prince in endless stir |
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| Very strict set-up or, occasionally, roguish |
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| Painstakingly careful and accurate |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Sep 2018 |
| Spartan outfit not waterproof with cap removed |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Nov 2017 |
| Extremely thorough |
The Times Concise |
25 Aug 2017 |
| Fixed equipment like blotting paper, not soft |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Jul 2017 |
| Severe Russian seen by river -- English river largely |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Feb 2017 |
| Strictly accurate equipment letting in water, though no opening |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Dec 2016 |
| Allowing no deviation from a standard |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Dec 2016 |
| Severe |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 May 2015 |
| Demanding |
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| Disciplined |
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| Harsh or severe |
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| Harsh or severe |
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| Inexorable |
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| Harsh. |
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