Related Clues:

• Marked by deep ill will
• Using extreme physical force
• 'Severe, rough (5)'
• Deliberately cruel or violent
• Barbaric, uncivilized
• The very good one gets a pound that's nasty
• Such an affliction might be an ulcer
• When in bloom, the North is not at peace
• Likewise about the average, in short, although below average in culture
• The very good one gets a pound in a very bad way
• A couple of pubs that are brutal, I see
• Not being soft, made a loan of five and ten
• Not kind of embroidery, by the sound of it
• Sounds like the sailors might do it and painfully without pity
• Steal in by such a horrible manner