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The Clue

Stiffness (5 letter answer)

The Answer

RIGOR

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Notes

The answer RIGOR is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.

Related Clues

Austerity
Difficulty
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Hardship
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Demanding standard
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Martinet's quality

Definition

RIGOR as a noun:

1. (asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness) = something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
2. (cogency, validity, rigor, rigour) = the quality of being logically valid
3. (severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness) = excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"