Like arctic winters
The crossword clue "Like arctic winters" is answered by HARSH, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HARSH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HARSH answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HARSH
Every other clue in this collection answered by HARSH, most used first.
- Severe - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Strident - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Draconian - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Grating - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Cruel - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Like Siberian winters - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Rough - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Tyrannical - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Abrasive - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Overly critical - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Stringent - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Gruff - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Unduly severe - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Very severe - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
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