Heartless, brutal Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Heartless, brutal last seen in Telegraph Quick puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is UNKIND.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% UNKIND Heartless, brutal (6) The Telegraph Quick Jul 24, 2016
8% THUG Brutal lout (4) Puzzler Backwords Oct 3, 2026
8% AXED Dismissed brutally (4) Wall Street Journal Aug 20, 2026
7% HUMANE The opposite of heartless (6) The Atlantic Aug 30, 2026
6% THEORY Those ones accepting our heartless abstract reasoning (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 10, 2026
6% DEEDFUL Efficacious Germany fuelled heartless bombing (7) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 9, 2026
6% COULD Outside until heartless fish was able to (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 9, 2026
6% DESERTED Fool, perhaps, heartless editor abandoned (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 6, 2026
6% AWKWARD Difficult heartless work in a prison division (7) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 29, 2026
6% ITERATE Emphasize the heartless angry crowds (7) (7) The Sun Two Speed Sep 20, 2026

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In this clue, "heartless" is a hint to remove the word "kindness" (which has "heart" in it) to get "unkind," meaning brutal. Crosswords often use wordplay like this to lead you to the answer.