Less lax
The crossword clue "Less lax" is answered by STERNER, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STERNER
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STERNER answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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.
- TAUTER (3 uses in xd)
- STRICTER (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for STERNER
Every other clue in this collection answered by STERNER, most used first.
- Less lenient - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
- More strict - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Less forgiving - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- More severe. - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
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.
- Less experienced - GREENER, used 14 times
- Less dense - SPARSER, used 13 times
- No less than - ATLEAST, used 12 times
- More or less - OFASORT, used 10 times
- Less refined - COARSER, used 8 times
- Less abundant - SPARSER, used 6 times
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