Answer: SEVERE
SEVERE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 59 times.
Referring Clues:
- Exacting
 - Harsh
 - Forbidding
 - Like some thunderstorms
 - Acute
 - Stern
 - Demanding
 - Torrential
 - Draconian
 - Dire
 - Like very bad weather
 - Overly demanding
 - Like some reprimands
 - Like winter in Buffalo
 - Like some winter weather
 - Like many reprimands
 - Weatherperson's adjective
 - Like some weather
 - Like arctic winters
 - Hard to endure
 - Very bad
 - Stringent
 - Taken to extremes
 - Harshly extreme
 - Punishing
 - Strict
 - Acute, as pain
 - Like some reprimands or thunderstorms
 - Unnecessarily extreme
 - Very bad in degree
 - Rigorous
 - Intense
 - Bad, weatherwise
 - Like an intense storm
 - Critical
 - Bad, as weather
 - Like subarctic winters
 - Drastic
 - Hard
 - Like Siberian winters
 - Like some horrid weather
 - Harsh in manner
 - Excruciating
 - Very strict
 - Like scary thunderstorms
 - Unforgiving
 - Like bad thunderstorms
 - Extreme
 - Extremely harsh
 - Hardly mild
 - Grievous
 - Harsh, as a storm or criticism
 - Strong, as a storm
 - Seriously bad
 - Really bad
 - Harsh, like a storm
 - Very harsh
 - Extremely strict
 - Really harsh
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - May 29, 2025
 - USA Today - December 31, 2024
 - USA Today - June 26, 2024
 - USA Today - April 02, 2024
 - New York Times - November 05, 2023
 - USA Today - September 23, 2022
 - USA Today - July 25, 2022
 - New York Times - March 09, 2022
 - LA Times - September 14, 2021
 - New York Times - August 23, 2021
 - New York Times - May 22, 2021
 - Netword - May 09, 2021
 - LA Times - April 12, 2021
 - USA Today - December 11, 2020
 - LA Times - March 29, 2020
 - Netword - May 12, 2019
 - New York Times - May 08, 2019
 - Netword - March 10, 2019
 - USA Today - March 05, 2019
 - New York Times - November 26, 2018
 
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