| Very strict |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Back incapable of bending |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
17 Oct 2025 |
| Boat's behind |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Oct 2025 |
| Bow's counterpart |
Universal |
30 Sep 2025 |
| Back of a ship |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2025 |
| Showing tough love, say |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Back in the navy? |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Boat back |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Howard -, US radio personality who played himself in 1997 biopic Private Parts (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Winger supporting Middlesbrough's centre-back (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Back of a boat |
|
|
| Exacting |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Grim film you and I left (5) |
|
|
| Serious and unforgiving |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Second time eagle cut tail |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jul 2025 |
| Radio & TV host Howard ___ |
|
|
| Serious; strict (5) |
|
|
| Unrelenting, austere (5) |
|
|
| Strict, severe |
The Times Concise |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Hardly lenient |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Strict |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Strict |
The Telegraph Plusword |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Small bird following rear of ship (5) |
|
|
| Rear end of a boat |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Isaac with a bow (or the opposite of bow) |
|
|
| Strict in tone |
New York Times Mini |
31 May 2025 |
| Severe at the back |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 May 2025 |
| Serious |
Mirror Quick |
24 May 2025 |
| Austere at the rear end (5) |
|
|
| Back end of a boat (5) |
|
|
| Like a parent who practices tough love |
|
|
| It is the steersman's place to be unrelenting (5) |
|
|
| Former "America's Got Talent" judge Howard ___ |
|
|
| Unrelenting tail (5) |
|
|
| At which this is the back, and unrelenting (5) |
|
|
| Back from the grave (5) |
|
|
| Super serious |
USA Today |
03 May 2025 |
| Ship's rear |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 May 2025 |
| Back of ship looks grim (5) |
|
|
| *Stem to ___ or ___ parent |
|
|
| Strict, forbidding |
|
|
| The ___ Gang (Lehi, Fighters for the Freedom of Israel) (5) |
|
|
| Harsh; back |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Unsmiling thing one sees when the boat has passed one (5) |
|
|
| Serious novelist on the radio |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Rear admiral's rear |
|
|
| Inflexible rump(5) |
|
|
| Strict |
USA Today |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Isaac, Russia-born violinist who made his New York debut in 1937 (5) |
|
|
| Republican welcomed by gun firm |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Rear end of boat (5) |
|
|
| America's Got Talent judge Howard |
|
|
| Small seabird at the back (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Set out with the Navy at the back of the craft (5) |
|
|
| Back end of boat |
|
|
| Forbidding the rest to travel north (5) |
|
|
| The rear part of a boat (5) |
|
|
| The rear part of a ship |
|
|
| Harsh group in Ulster, normally (5) |
|
|
| Some consternation is strict (5) |
|
|
| Master Neville was a bit serious (5) |
|
|
| Strict hunting term for a hound's tail? (5) |
|
|
| Rear of boat |
|
|
| Westerner's hard heart |
|
|
| Right. A gun is covering the back (5) |
|
|
| Southern sea bird is back on ship (5) |
|
|
| Severe if back on board |
|
|
| Exacting |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Rearmost part of a ship |
|
|
| 1995-2011 Trinidad and Tobago forward whose sides included Nottm Forest and Southampton (5,4) |
|
|
| Austere |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Back end of ship |
|
|
| Back rents in disarray (5) |
|
|
| Boat back |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Part of the ship where the seabirds gather around |
|
|
| Harsh barrister, neatly encapsulated (5) |
|
|
| Rear of a vessel |
The Times Concise |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Shock jock Howard |
|
|
| Hard poop could be on this |
|
|
| Severe at the back |
Mirror Cryptic |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Serious |
Mirror Quick |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Ship's rear |
Universal |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Firm |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Back at sea? Grim! (5) |
|
|
| Harsh, strict |
Mirror Tea Time |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Back, looking grim (5) |
|
|
| Shock jock Howard ___ turned 70 (5) |
|
|
| Firm part of boat (5) |
|
|
| Back of a boat |
Commuter |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Behind? That's serious (5) |
|
|
| It's grim back at sea! (5) |
|
|
| A serious rear end (5) |
|
|
| Exacting |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Austere and bare (5) |
|
|
| Boat back |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Strict, unforgiving |
The Telegraph Mini |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Unrelenting back |
|
|
| Unbending |
New York Times |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Strict or severe (5) |
|
|
| It's hard to get back (5) |
|
|
| Not in a joking mood at all |
|
|
| Harsh, strict |
Mirror Tea Time |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Austere |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Unlikely to approve of horseplay |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2024 |
| SiriusXM radio host Howard |
|
|
| Boat's rear end |
|
|
| Howard ***** , shock jock born in New York in 1954 (5) |
|
|
| The master, normally seeks this part of his ship |
|
|
| Harsh at the rear (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Strict revision of rents (5) |
|
|
| Severe end to a ship (5) |
|
|
| It looks forbidding, the back of the ship (5) |
|
|
| Forbidding the revision of rents (5) |
|
|
| Boat back |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Strict and solemn |
|
|
| It's tough at the rear (5) |
|
|
| Howard or Daniel |
|
|
| Unsmiling or strict |
|
|
| Namesake of an auditorium in Carnegie Hall |
|
|
| Back settled in Ulster now |
|
|
| Like a disciplinarian |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2024 |
| It is the end of craft that is austere (5) |
|
|
| Unyielding |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Back part of cutter, say, is made of steel? (5) |
|
|
| A serious backside! (5) |
|
|
| The main auditorium at Carnegie Hall is named after which Isaac? (5) |
|
|
| Grim end for the Titanic? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Back of ship |
|
|
| Hard as the heart of a westerner (5) |
|
|
| Harshly strict |
|
|
| Back at sea it is grim (5) |
|
|
| The rear of a boat |
|
|
| Strict at the back (5) |
|
|
| Rear of ship |
|
|
| Daniel ____, Marv the burglar in Home Alone |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Describing a severe attitude shown by the master nowadays (5) |
|
|
| Back part of boat having austere appearance |
|
|
| Strict, austere (5) |
|
|
| All set to join the navy? Which part of the ship is this, then? (5) |
|
|
| Rear to be tough? (5) |
|
|
| Rigid part of ship |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Serious |
Mirror Quick |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Severe at the back |
Mirror Cryptic |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Exacting |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Violinist Isaac ____ |
|
|
| Harsh, severe: give a - warning |
|
|
| Harsh, authoritarian (5) |
Puzzler |
25 Aug 2024 |
| First rook building nest at back of craft (5) |
|
|
| Unyielding |
Commuter |
24 Aug 2024 |
| It's grim at the back of the boat (5) |
|
|
| Harsh |
The Sun Mini |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Rear part of boat (5) |
|
|
| Severe |
Mirror Quick |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Harsh at the back |
Mirror Cryptic |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Uncompromising |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Rigid back end |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Rigorous rump (5) |
|
|
| Strict regulation of rents |
|
|
| Severe |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Stony and strict (5) |
|
|
| Forbidding rents to be revised |
|
|
| Southern water-bird back (5) |
|
|
| Serious, humourless (5) |
|
|
| Writer doesn't finish either half of hardback |
|
|
| Daniel in "Home Alone" |
|
|
| Austere back at sea (5) |
|
|
| Ship's rear |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Severe |
Mirror Quick |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Austere at the rear (5) |
|
|
| Harsh at the back (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Sailor's rear end? |
Universal |
25 Jun 2024 |
| "Private Parts" author Howard |
LA Times Mini |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Rigid back (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Brooking no nonsense |
|
|
| Grim end to a boat (5) |
|
|
| Avraham _, a commander of the militant group Irgun, born in 1907 (5) |
|
|
| Hind part of a vessel (5) |
Puzzler |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Uncompromising |
The Telegraph Mini |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Rear to be strict (5) |
|
|
| Unbending at the back (5) |
|
|
| A hard back (5) |
|
|
| Back being serious |
|
|
| Ship's rear |
Mirror Tea Time |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Back rents suitably adjusted |
|
|
| Harsh, strict |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Forbidding |
The Telegraph Plusword |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Hardback of a ship (5) |
|
|
| Oddly, setter rang back? |
|
|
| Back at sea it's very forbidding (5) |
|
|
| Grim part of ship (5) |
|
|
| Isaac ***** , violinist who made a 1979 tour of China (5) |
|
|
| Now a bow; not even a smile apparently (5) |
|
|
| Back with a gun, run inside (5) |
|
|
| Boat's rear (5) |
|
|
| Grim-looking |
|
|
| Grim end? (Hardback offers two more versions) (5) |
|
|
| A grim "Load right into the gun" (5) |
|
|
| Unsmiling |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2024 |
| Hard-nosed |
New York Times |
01 May 2024 |
| Back at sea? |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Apr 2024 |
| "Howard ___"; 1994-2005 talk show |
|
|
| Not a bow; not even a smile apparently (5) |
|
|
| Howard ____ of radio |
|
|
| FCC flouter Howard |
|
|
| Unsmiling face of stranded flyer |
|
|
| Inflexible tail (5) |
|
|
| Unfriendly gulls moving south (5) |
|
|
| Rear to be ruthless (5) |
|
|
| A cold back (5) |
|
|
| Hardback |
|
|
| Grim at the back (5) |
|
|
| Demanding somewhat faster news |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Mar 2024 |
| Not lenient |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2024 |
| Describing the sort of discipline that comes from a master nowadays? (5) |
|
|
| Draconian backside! (5) |
|
|
| Rear end of a boat |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Isaac or Howard |
|
|
| Pasternak's hard heart! (5) |
|
|
| Not smiling back |
|
|
| Southern bird at rear of ship |
|
|
| Vessel's rear (5) |
|
|
| Pirate's rear end? |
|
|
| It takes the master, normally, to show one this part of the ship |
|
|
| Howard of radio fame |
|
|
| Renowned expert with a bow |
|
|
| Uncompromising shock jock? (5) |
|
|
| Hard as a westerner's heart (5) |
|
|
| Rear of a ship |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 Feb 2024 |
| Tough, like Judge Judy |
LA Times Mini |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Harsh, strict |
Mirror Tea Time |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Back rents suitably dealt with (5) |
|
|
| From stem to ___ (completely on a boat) |
|
|
| Rigid back end |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Austere |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Handback! (5) |
|
|
| It's severe at the rear (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Dour in demeanor |
|
|
| Rents dilapidated part of ship |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Back of an aircraft carrier |
LA Times Mini |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Back of an aircraft under |
|
|
| Back of a ship |
Newsday |
26 Dec 2023 |
| We leave a cowboy movie - it's grim |
|
|
| Back on the ocean? |
Family Time |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Far from lenient |
Newsday |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Looking angry, back at sea (5) |
|
|
| Strict |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Serious US violinist? (5) |
|
|
| Stringent |
Family Time |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Somber |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Back on board |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Severe and strict |
Universal |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Back of a boat |
Universal |
04 Oct 2023 |
| Severe |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Serious or no-nonsense, as a teacher (anagram of "rents") |
|
|
| Strict and serious |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2023 |
| Boat's back |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jul 2023 |
| Hard-nosed |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jul 2023 |
| Strict and serious |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Very strict |
Newsday |
22 May 2023 |
| Sailor's rear |
New York Times |
21 May 2023 |
| Rear small bird |
The Times Cryptic |
09 May 2023 |
| Strict and serious |
Universal |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Strict, as a teacher |
|
|
| Austere |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Apr 2023 |
| Back of a boat |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2023 |
| Stringent |
Family Time |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Strict |
Universal |
11 Apr 2023 |
| Doctor Zhivago author held this back |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Apr 2023 |
| Not in the mood for any funny stuff |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2023 |
| From stem to __ |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Rear of a ship |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2023 |
| No-nonsense |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2023 |
| Boat back |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Feb 2023 |
| Bow's opposite |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Feb 2023 |
| Hard stone terrine regularly used |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Feb 2023 |
| Strict, like a disciplinarian |
|
|
| By-the-book |
Newsday |
27 Jan 2023 |
| Severe |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jan 2023 |
| Not prone to goofing around |
Universal |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Back at sea? |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Strict |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2022 |
| Uncompromising |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Stringent |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2022 |
| Back of a boat |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Rear |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Dec 2022 |
| Serious in demeanor |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2022 |
| Severe |
Premier Sunday |
04 Dec 2022 |
| Severe |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Strict |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Rear of a ship |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2022 |
| Like a talking-to |
Universal |
29 Oct 2022 |
| Very strict |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2022 |
| Forbidding |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Sep 2022 |
| Unyielding |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2022 |
| Rhadamanthine |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2022 |
| Howard ___, American radio personality who has hosted his own show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio since 2006 |
|
|
| Unyielding |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2022 |
| Back of a boat |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Like a serious talking-to |
USA Today |
18 Aug 2022 |
| Exacting |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Severe in tone |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2022 |
| Bark back |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Rudder's locale |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2022 |
| Harsh way to make money, we hear |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Not lenient |
Universal |
29 Jun 2022 |
| Back of a ship |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2022 |
| Bow's opposite, on a boat |
|
|
| Unyielding |
Premier Sunday |
08 May 2022 |
| Authoritarian is back |
The Times Cryptic |
06 May 2022 |
| Serious in tone |
USA Today |
22 Apr 2022 |
| Back of a ship |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Like many disciplinarians |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Small bird's back |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Small bird's back |
|
|
| Unpleasantly serious or unfriendly |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Mar 2022 |
| Unyielding |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Back of a ship |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2022 |
| Back of a boat |
|
|
| Ship's rear |
Family Time |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Violinist Isaac who performed the solos in the movie "Fiddler on the Roof" |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Violinist Isaac who performed the solos in the movie 'Fiddler on the Roof' |
The Washington Post |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Strict |
Universal |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Overly firm when giving instructions |
Family Time |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Like a disciplinarian's look |
|
|
| Rudder's place |
Universal |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Back of a ship |
Universal |
05 Dec 2021 |
| Severe — not entirely Mister Nice |
The Guardian Quiptic |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Severe — not entirely Mister Nice |
|
|
| Not up for any nonsense |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Tough back on warship, for example |
|
|
| Like the tone of a talking-to |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2021 |
| See 49-Across |
LA Times Daily |
17 Sep 2021 |
| See 49-Across |
The Washington Post |
17 Sep 2021 |
| Back of a boat |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Unrelenting |
Universal |
07 Sep 2021 |
| Unyielding |
Universal |
30 Aug 2021 |
| Boat back |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Aug 2021 |
| Back of a ship |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2021 |
| Like a disciplinarian |
Universal |
30 Jul 2021 |
| Unrelenting |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Demanding back |
|
|
| Radio star Howard whose name sounds strict |
|
|
| Very strict |
Newsday |
30 Jun 2021 |
| Back of the canoe |
Family Time |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Austere |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 May 2021 |
| Back of the boat |
The Washington Post |
18 May 2021 |
| Back of the boat |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2021 |
| Unsmiling |
New York Times |
16 May 2021 |
| Ship's rear |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 May 2021 |
| Back of a boat |
Newsday |
05 May 2021 |
| Rear with rudders |
Newsday |
29 Apr 2021 |
| Iron-willed |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2021 |
| Rents out to firm |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Mar 2021 |
| Back of a yacht |
Jonesin |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Exacting |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Mar 2021 |
| Back of a ship |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2021 |
| Boat's back |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Mar 2021 |
| Second regular migrant back on board |
|
|
| Unsmiling |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Feb 2021 |
| Grimly serious |
The Times Concise |
17 Feb 2021 |
| Rigidly rule-enforcing |
Universal |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Harsh |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Boat back |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Jan 2021 |
| Gondolier’s position |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Rearward part of a ship |
USA Today |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Boat's back |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jan 2021 |
| Not lenient |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Back of the boat |
Universal |
23 Dec 2020 |
| Prow : front :: ___ : back |
Universal |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Back of a boat |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2020 |
| . Pasternak exposing his rear end? |
|
|
| Harsh |
The Washington Post |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Harsh |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Serious and strict |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Hard back |
|
|
| Strict |
Universal |
24 Aug 2020 |
| Harsh |
Premier Sunday |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Back of a marine vessel |
The Guardian Speedy |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Rigid; rear |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Aug 2020 |
| Rudder's locale |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Doling out tough love |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Rear part of a ship |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2020 |
| Strict |
|
|
| Tail end of film we skipped |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Like a disciplinarian |
The Washington Post |
26 Jun 2020 |
| Like a disciplinarian |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jun 2020 |
| Rudder area |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jun 2020 |
| Rudder area |
The Washington Post |
24 Jun 2020 |
| Far from lenient |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Rear |
Canadiana |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Rents structure for firm |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 May 2020 |
| Small aquatic bird in rear of vessel |
|
|
| Highly exacting |
Newsday |
10 May 2020 |
| Back of a boat |
|
|
| Draconian |
Premier Sunday |
03 May 2020 |
| Rigorous |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Severe |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2020 |
| Strict |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Unyielding |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2020 |
| Ship's rear end |
Universal |
24 Mar 2020 |
| Severe; rear |
The Times Concise |
20 Mar 2020 |
| Ship's rear |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Strict |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Strict |
The Washington Post |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Rudder's place |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2020 |
| Letters from schoolmaster never enforcing discipline |
|
|
| Strict, like a disciplinarian |
|
|
| Strict or rigid? |
|
|
| Hard back |
|
|
| Back of the boat |
|
|
| Rear small bird |
|
|
| Back in register nowadays |
|
|
| Give a ___ look (unfriendly or serious) |
|
|
| Serious Irish novelist hasn't finished |
|
|
| Stiff back |
|
|
| A severe, serious look |
|
|
| To give someone a ___ look (indicate that you are serious) |
|
|
| Inflexible part of ship? |
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| Grim prospect for yachtsman trying to catch rival |
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| Rigid back |
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| Firm rear |
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| Rigid back |
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| Ridiculous rents are demanding |
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| Hard part of a vessel |
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| Hard back |
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| Unrelenting sun starts to turn everyone red before noon |
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| Small bird's grave |
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| Tough bow? Just the opposite |
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| Rump of small bird |
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| Demanding bow? Quite the opposite |
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| Hard old gang leader causing a fair bit of consternation |
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| Grim end to a ship |
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| Uncompromising |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2008 |