Finger-wagging Crossword Clue

• Ship back?

  New York Times · Saturday, July 4, 2026 · 5 letters

• Serious in manner

  New York Times · Tuesday, April 28, 2026 · 5 letters

• Serious

  New York Times · Thursday, April 16, 2026 · 5 letters

• Taxing, as a test

  New York Times · Saturday, March 7, 2026 · 5 letters

• Like an authoritarian

  New York Times · Sunday, January 11, 2026 · 5 letters

• Showing tough love, say

  New York Times · Saturday, September 27, 2025 · 5 letters

• Unbending

  New York Times · Sunday, December 1, 2024 · 5 letters

• Exacting

  New York Times · Sunday, September 1, 2024 · 5 letters

• Hard-nosed

  New York Times · Wednesday, May 1, 2024 · 5 letters

• Sailor's rear

  New York Times · Sunday, May 21, 2023 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 8-Down Business big
• 9-Down Catalogue
• 10-Down Far from flighty
• 11-Down Half-humans of folklore
• 12-Across Sites for bites
• 12-Down Siren
• 14-Across Stop dreaming
• 14-Down Drive
• 15-Down It can go to blazes
• 16-Across Parts of royal regalia
• 17-Across A mail carrier has one: Abbr.
• 18-Across Copy