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The Clue

Harsh; surly (5 letter answer)

The Answer

GRUFF

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Notes

The answer GRUFF is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.

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Definition

GRUFF as an adjective:

1. (crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured) = brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
2. (gruff, hoarse, husky) = deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson