Related Clues:
- Rough river in a mess
- Firm finds gimmick almost getting in the way
- Redhead, into pot, becomes strident
- Point to bird's rump
- Rear small bird
- Exact description of a martinet
- Line I had otherwise abandoned, being intolerant of laxity
- When detective inspector leaves area, it becomes tough
- Authoritarian ploy mostly accepted by revered person
- Not smiling back
- Hard - back
- Strict - forbidding
- Stiff - back - not smiling
- Raucous - austere - bitter
- Severe - unkind