Crossword Clue: Hard-nosed
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Matching Crossword Puzzle Answers for "Hard-nosed"
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Possibly related crossword clues for "Hard-nosed"
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- Abrasive
- Acerb
- Acerbic
- Astringent
- Austere
- Blaring
- Caustic
- Grating to the ear
- Grating
- Far from gentle
- Far from kind
- Far from lenient
- Iron-fisted
- Gruff
- Desolate
- Brutal
- Difficult on the ears
- Difficult to endure
- Hard-nosed
- Hard on the ears
- Discordant
- Disrupt, as a mellow
- Cacophonous
- Jarring to the eye
- Jarring
- Glaring
- Cruel
- Crueler than necessary
- Exacting
- Excessively stringent
- Coarse
- Inclement
- Cold and mercilous
- Draconian
- Extremely unkind
- Like Chicago winters
- Like cold, snowy winters
- Rigorous
- Severe, as a punishment
- Severe, as criticism
- Severe, as weather
- Severe, like a punishment
- Severe
- Like Minnesota winters
- Like New England winters
- Tough on the ears
- Tough to endure
- Tough to hear, as criticism
- Tough to take
- Like Russian winters
- Like scathing reviews
- Overly critical
- Strict
- Like Siberian winters
- Like Siberia's winters
- Strident
- Overly severe
- Very severe
- Stringent
- Like some criticism
- Like some truths
- Like taskmasters
- Like winters in the Arctic
- Rough, as criticism
- Rough on the eyes or ears
- Rough
- Quite rough
- Quite severe
- Rasping
- Raspy
- Raucous
- Not at all gentle
- Like a crow's call
- Like a desert climate
- Like a drill instructor
- Not kind
- Not lenient
- Like a rough winter
- Like a winter in Siberia
- Like a zero-star review
- Like an Alaskan winter
- Like an arctic winter
- Like an unfiltered cigarette, maybe
- Like Antarctic winds
- Like arctic winds
- Like arctic winters
- Like bad winters
- Ruthless
- Spartan and ruthless
- Savage
- Type of reality
- Tyrannical
- Uncompromising
- Unduly severe
- Unforgiving
- Ungentle
- Unkind
- Stark or strict
- Unnecessarily severe
- Unpleasant to the ear
- Unpleasant
- Unpleasantly coarse
- Unpleasantly severe
- Unpleasantly stern
- Unrelenting
- Stern, severe
- Stern
Recent Usage of Hard-nosed in Crossword Puzzles
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Here are all of the places we know of that have used Hard-nosed in their crossword puzzles recently:
- USA Today - June 6, 2019
- USA Today - Aug. 23, 2017
- USA Today - March 6, 2017
- Merl Reagle Sunday Crossword - Aug. 17, 2014
- LA Times Sunday Calendar - Aug. 17, 2014
- LA Times - Aug. 17, 2014
- Newsday - Nov. 16, 2010
- Pat Sajak Code Letter - May 18, 2010
- Newsday - June 26, 2009
- Newsday - June 26, 2009
- New York Times - April 12, 2009
- Universal Crossword - Dec. 12, 2008
- Universal Crossword - Nov. 11, 2008
- Washington Post - Sept. 3, 2008
- USA Today - July 10, 2007
- Washington Post - June 10, 2007
- Newsday - Dec. 11, 2006
- Universal Crossword - Dec. 30, 2004