Severe Crossword Clue

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Severe Crossword Answer

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BAD

(3 letters)

STERN

(5 letters)

ACUTE

(5 letters)

DRASTIC

(7 letters)

DRACONIC

(8 letters)

STRICT

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. unpleasantly stern
2. of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SEVERE (adjective)
1. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
2. severely simple

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

BAD
(3 letters)
STERN
(5 letters)
ACUTE
(5 letters)
DRASTIC
(7 letters)
DRACONIC
(8 letters)
STRICT
(6 letters)

More Universal Crossword (2/26/2026) Answers

Across

1. ___ Zeppelin

4. Classic 1950 short story collection by Asimov

10. USSR intelligence org.

13. Slang for guitar

14. Jim who played Gomer Pyle

15. Submarine sandwich

16. *Sample a cocktail while adjusting a shirt, perhaps?

18. "Yesterday," in Spanish

19. British boarding school

20. Openly gay

21. Like a wok before cooking up a stir-fry

22. Leaves one's job

24. Comedian's shtick

26. Two nickels' equivalent

27. *Stopwatch that goes 0:02, 0:04, 0:06, and so on?

29. Bit of ink

30. Decides

31. Hospital sections, briefly

32. *Ice sheet on a body of water?

36. Cry of discovery

39. “Sleepless in Seattle” writer/director Ephron

40. Lower limb

42. *Dust cloud in a cartoon?

45. ROFL alternative

47. Lubricates

48. Gives a hand

51. "On Golden Pond" actor Fonda

52. Nail polish brand

53. Vincent Van Gogh’s brother

54. Totals up

55. Personal reminder ... or a hint to how the first letters of the starred clues' answers change

58. Comedian Trevor

59. Manor worker

60. Ctrl ___ Del

61. Follower of "drive" or "drop"

62. La ___, Wisconsin

63. Yo-yo, e.g.

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Down

1. ___ gun (weapon that goes "pew pew")

2. Left the stage

3. Put into a bank account

4. Cozy hotel

5. Dangerous household gas

6. More than 90 degrees

7. Boxing match

8. Tolkien monster

9. Disappointed cluck

10. Citrus used as a pie flavoring

11. More eco-conscious

12. Country's edges

15. Port-au-Prince's nation

17. Hare or rhea

21. Beats in the marketplace

23. Start to fidget, maybe

24. Car that's taken back

25. Like games at sports bars

28. Not afraid to speak up

33. City near Osaka

34. Phases of life, informally

35. Sends, as payment

36. Currency in Kabul

37. Accepted employment

38. Lists of meeting topics

41. Warming system that might use propane

44. Boutonniere places

46. Verdi opera featuring Iago

49. Travel guide listings

50. Pushover

52. Eight, in Italian

55. Network with a peacock logo

56. "Pardon ___ dust"

57. Rock that may contain iron

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