Historical clue formulations

• Severe — 2024-10-23
• Abrasive — 2024-02-28
• Tough — 2022-12-04
• Scathing — 2022-08-13
• Overly strict — 2022-07-18
• More than unpleasant — 2022-05-29
• Caustic — 2021-12-20
• Severe — 2021-04-15
• Caustic — 2020-02-10
• Not kind — 2019-10-22
• Like a zero-star review — 2019-08-18
• Tyrannical — 2019-06-18
• Abrasive — 2018-06-23
• Rough — 2018-05-24
• Rough on the eyes or ears — 2017-10-02
• Rough, as criticism — 2017-05-08
• Glaring — 2016-12-31
• Stringent — 2016-09-07
• Like Siberian winters — 2015-08-17
• Like some truths — 2014-10-12
• Abrasive — 2012-11-11
• Unduly severe — 2010-10-19
• Like Russian winters — 2010-03-24
• Savage — 2010-02-06
• Like Siberian winters — 2009-03-25
• Like winters in the Arctic — 2008-04-07
• Hard on the ears — 2008-01-01
• Like arctic winters — 2007-06-08
• Hard on the ears — 2006-09-12
• Like an arctic winter — 2006-07-03
• Like arctic winds — 2006-03-25
• Inclement — 2005-12-05
• Iron-fisted — 2005-08-05
• Like Siberian winters — 2004-05-12
• Severe — 2003-06-30
• Like Siberian winters — 2002-10-16
• Severe — 2002-09-29
• Grating — 2002-07-28
• Strident — 2002-06-26
• Like Siberian winters — 2001-05-02
• Like an unfiltered cigarette, maybe — 1999-09-09
• Unduly severe — 1999-03-09
• Grating — 1998-10-29
• Draconian — 1998-09-24
• Draconian — 1997-10-21
• Raspy — 1996-12-08
• Unsparing — 1996-03-24
• Stringent — 1996-01-21