Last seen in:
- Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Sep 30 2024
- The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise No 1881
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,536 - Feb 14 2024
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,515 - Jan 20 2024
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 9432
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,472 - Dec 1 2023
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,450 - Nov 6 2023
- L.A. Times Daily - Nov 6 2023
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,406 - Sep 15 2023
- USA Today - Aug 25 2023
Related Clues:
- Not lenient or indulgent
- Requiring exact obedience or compliance with rules
- Exact, precise
- Correct, free of error
- Rigid or stern
- Explicit or in detail
- Not liable to mistake
- Allowing no deviation from a standard
- Requiring complete obedience
- Precise and exact (8)
- Informal expression for precisely
- Without exaggeration or embellishment
- 'Exactly right (4,2)'
- Clear and exact
- 'Exact, precise (8)'