Hard-hearted

The answer

CRUEL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRUEL answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• MEAN (4 uses in xd)
• STONY (2 uses in xd)
• ADAMANT (1 uses in xd)
• CALLOUS (1 uses in xd)
• COLD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for CRUEL

Every other clue in this collection answered by CRUEL, most used first.

• Merciless - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Heartless - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Unusual partner? - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Mean - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Sadistic - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Barbaric - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Inhumane - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Ruthless - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Pitiless - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Very mean - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Vicious - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Draconian - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Works hard - TOILS, used 80 times
• Hard work - LABOR, used 38 times
• Hard stuff - BOOZE, used 36 times
• Hard to climb - STEEP, used 36 times
• Hit hard - SMITE, used 35 times
• "It's the Hard-Knock Life" musical - ANNIE, used 28 times

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