Clues for the word "BRUTAL"
We've had 46 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 74 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on December 11, 2025.
Definition of brutal
- a. - Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.
- a. - Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners.
Referring Clues
- Taxing
- Savage
- Harsh-plus
- Pulling no punches
- Vicious
- Very harsh
- Painful, as honesty
- Merciless
- Inhuman
- Punishingly difficult
- Merciless
- Ruthless
- Harsh
- Really, really tough
- Ruthless and cruel
- Cold-blooded
- Extremely harsh
- Hard to endure
- Severe, as weather
- Like winters in Antarctica
- Showing no mercy
- Cruel
- Harsh, like Siberian winters
- Like the heaviest metal
- Disposed to inflict pain
- Senselessly cruel
- A goal at last, after save involving header from Robbie Savage
- Rough and cruel
- Cruel routine in Bali I overlooked
- Callous
- Savage and cruel
- Cruel and unfeeling
- On the other hand - one's left restricts right, which is cruel
- Aftershave contracts boxer that's tough
- Cruel, heartless
- Groove discovered in mainly hairless animal
- Exhausting
- Inhuman and boring routine in research site set up
- Animal research facility about to introduce a tedious course
- Cruel, vicious
- Cruel or vicious
- Harsh, like Buffalo winters
- Punishingly hard
- To a beginner, dry wine is very rough!
- Cruel way to get the heart of the truth in the lab, perhaps
- Cruel and severe
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - December 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 05, 2025
- Mirror Mini - May 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 17, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 30, 2025
- New York Times - October 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 24, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - March 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - February 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - October 31, 2022
- LA Times - August 10, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - August 01, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 19, 2022
- USA Today - December 29, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - October 02, 2017
- USA Today - June 12, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - June 01, 2017
- Mirror Mini - May 28, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 25, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - February 23, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - January 25, 2017
- And in 44 more crossword puzzles...