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- Strict, unfair
- Either part of hardback writer's pronouncement
- Authoritarian Irish novelist? Sounds like him
- 'Abrasive' is 'hard as hard'? That's about right
- Grim film you and I should leave
- Resistant to compromise
- Nitpicky with rules
- Gangster nearly covers back
- Ruling with an iron fist
- Unlikely to crack a smile
- Some consternation is strict
- Displaying 22 Across
- Grating; severe
- Back in the water?
- Demanding obedience to rules