Last seen in:
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 9458
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 29,569 - Jan 11 2021
- The Sun - Two Speed - Jan 3 2021
- The Sun - Two Speed - Aug 22 2020
- New York Times - Feb 6 2019
- Boston Globe - Apr 1 2012
- Wall Street Journal - Sep 9 2011 - September 9, 2011 - School Openings
- L.A. Times Daily - Nov 28 2005
- Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Oct 10 2005
- New York Times - Jun 13 2003
Related Clues:
- Mean, mean, mean
- Bananarama's "Summer"
- Deliberately and pitilessly causing pain
- Meaner than mean
- Like Vlad the Impaler
- Cruel and risible about drone
- Cruel but popular chap put in shade
- Cruel animal brush, it should be thrown out
- Uncivilised church leader out of work accepts boring routine
- Capable of atrocities
- Devoid of pity
- Eighth Amendment adjective
- Inflicting pain without pity
- Like April, per Eliot
- Like savage animal, it goes back into thicket