Serious punishment Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Serious punishment . 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is HELLFIRE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HELLFIRE Serious punishment (8)
22% CHEATTHEGALLOWS Those legal? Watch criminal avoid serious punishment (15) The Guardian Cryptic Jun 1, 2022
3% SOBERS Gets serious, with "up" (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
3% ARE "__ you serious?" (3) Commuter Oct 17, 2025
3% EXILE Napoleon's punishment after the Battle of Waterloo (5) New York Times Mini Oct 17, 2025
3% LIGHT Insult snubbing leader is not serious (5) The Times Cryptic Oct 16, 2025
3% DRAMA Serious play (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 8, 2025
3% FYODOR --- Dostoevsky, author of Crime and Punishment (6) The Times Specialist Oct 6, 2025
3% TSUNAMI Subject of serious seaside alerts (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 6, 2025
3% POETICJUSTICE Fitting punishment (13) The Times Sunday Concise Oct 5, 2025
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