Severe - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'severe' is the definition.
(I know that severe can be written as stern)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for stern that I've seen before include "Strict, grimly serious" , "Hard - back" , "Back end of a ship" , "Inflexible; back" , "Stiff - back - not smiling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, The Times, the Universal, The Guardian, The Irish Independent, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Star Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald and the USA Today.

'severe' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for stiff that I've seen before include "Rigid, prim" , "cheat" , "Severe - conventional - dead body" , "Starched, rigid" , "Unyielding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, The Times, the Universal, The Guardian, The Irish Independent, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Star Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald and the USA Today.

'severe' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for harsh that I've seen before include "Raucous - austere - bitter" , "Severe and disagreeable" , "Unpleasantly stern" , "Strict, unfair" , "Not relenting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, The Times, the Universal, The Guardian, The Irish Independent, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Star Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald and the USA Today.

'severe' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for strict that I've seen before include "Demanding that rules are observed" , "Uncompromising in discipline" , "Severe and unyielding" , "Severe, stern" , "Harsh and severe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate, the Penny Press and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'severe' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for drastic that I've seen before include "Grave" , "'Severe, extreme (7)'" , "Unsparing" , "Harsh, severe" , "Thoroughgoing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald and the USA Today.

'severe' is the definition.
(I know that severe can be written as austere)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for austere that I've seen before include "Harsh" , "Serious" , "Stern, grave" , "Grim - USA tree (anag)" , "Abstemious and grave" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald and the USA Today.

'severe' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for violent that I've seen before include "not peaceful either" , "Furious" , "Immoderate" , "Using excessive force" , "Hot-headed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald and the USA Today.

Severe (5)