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Strict (5)

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

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(Other definitions for stern that I've seen before include "Forbidding, austere" , "Rigorous - back of boat" , "Inflexible; back" , "enforcing submission" , "Harsh at the back of the ship" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard and the Penny Press.
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