Spartan Crossword Clue
7 letters · New York Times · Wednesday, January 1, 2014 · 49-Across
Appeared in 4 New York Times Crosswords between September 1999 and January 2014.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · January 1, 2014 · 49-Across · 7 letters
AUSTERE0 of 7 letters revealed
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practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
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