| POMPADOUR | Add magnificience to a severe hairstyle (9) |
| AUSTERITY | Somehow I stay true to a severe lifestyle (9) |
| ACUTELY | To a severe degree |
| HIDING | Current racket in mercury leads to a severe defeat (6) |
| ETONCROP | Short severe hairstyle (4,4) |
| CROP | Severe hairstyle |
| REPRIMAND | The man has a right to pride but this calls for a severe reproof (9) |
| EASTERNER | Mao, say, ultimately became a severe ruler (9) |
| HURRICANE | A severe, often destructive storm (9) |
| BATTERING | A severe pounding for cook's coat in wrong end (9) |
| TASKFORCE | Does it put a severe strain on soldiers to form one? |
| SNOWSTORM | Violent weather disturbance in a severe winter (9) |
| TALKINGTO | A severe reprimand |
| CRIPPLING | Cold water movement having a severe impact |
| HITFORSIX | Deal a severe blow (3,3,3) |
| FORCENINE | Supporting dog with change of second string in a severe gale (5,4) |
| THRESH | Word, from "beat seeds out of corn/grain", for a chastising flog with a whip, a fast race, a flail or writhe about, a lavish noisy party, a loud piece of rock music or a severe trounce (6) |
| NOSER | A bonk on the conk; a head-first crash/dive; a prying person; a strong headwind; or, a severe rebuff (5) |
| SNOWIER | Like a severe blizzard, compared to a mild one |
| READTHE | and 3: Give a severe warning that something has to stop a dictator there abroad (4,3,4,3) |
