Severe - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'severe' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for acute that I've seen before include "Keen; severe" , "Sharp - sort of French accent" , "quick on the uptake" , "Sharp-pointed - keenly perceptive" , "Sharp like angle" .)

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

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

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

'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 Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate and the Penny Press.

'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 Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate 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 Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate 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 Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate and the USA Today.

Severe (5)