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Other crossword clues for answer "BRUTAL"

BRUTAL
Beastly
More than just harsh
Like Club 72 grids, some say (I'm getting a bit meta here)
Taxing
Harsh-plus
Merciless
Painful, as honesty
Awfully cruel
Savage
Exhausting
Cruel.
Ruthless.
Harsh
Cold-blooded
Fierce
Bestial
Disagreeably direct
Really, really tough
Like winters in Antarctica
Monstrous
Like the heaviest metal
Punishingly hard
Very harsh
Vicious
Pulling no punches
Extremely harsh
Severe, as weather
Harsh, like Siberian winters
Harsh, like Buffalo winters
Punishingly difficult
Mercilessly blunt