Severity Crossword Clue

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HARSHNESS

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. the quality of being valid and rigorous
2. excessive sternness

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SEVERITY (noun)
1. used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
2. excessive sternness

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

HARSHNESS
(9 letters)

More Newsday Crossword (8/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. Feud stopper

5. Crab leg complement

8. Birch by-product

13. Organic balm

14. Fighting mood

15. Salt say

16. Make no moves

18. Examined minutely

19. Parlor purchase

20. Emulate hawks

22. 49 follower

23. Dish attachments

25. Sweltering

26. Postgraduate major

29. Stays connected

32. Suffix for seven UN members

35. Commission collectors

36. Top-tier

37. Some classified listings

39. Yellowstone grazer

41. Old enough to know better

42. What's fare for you

44. Wall climber

45. Ingenious move

48. Knack for design

49. Junior Olympic Games grp.

50. Ascertain

51. What some banks resemble

54. Brief upturns or downturns

56. Capital east of Olympia

58. Sports surprises

61. Espionage device

63. "Aggravate" antonym

64. Verizon sold it in 2001

65. Not at all outlandish

66. In check

67. Carmine, e.g.

68. Polyethylene vehicle

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Down

1. Tomato can contents

2. Elevated platform

3. Winter outerwear

4. Site for some weddings

5. Capsize

6. Notable period

7. Finishes up with

8. Marine mammal

9. Stringed instrument

10. Zebra kin

11. Forest mom

12. Call off

15. Squash eater's implement

17. Lavish love (on)

21. Part of an Uncle Sam costume

24. Expedites

26. One of the Mario Brothers

27. Follow, as an impulse

28. Invitation subheading

29. Lowered oneself, in a way

30. "Get lost!"

31. Dark green

32. Infamy

33. Before conclusion of business

34. Occupy pleasantly

38. Furtive

43. Rock climber's support

46. Move higher

47. Well-honed

51. Perfumery bit

52. Absurd

53. Showed disbelief

54. Code being tested

55. Battle with words

57. More limited

58. World's largest oil producer

59. Poker payoff

60. Lament loudly

62. Soil turner

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