| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| STRINGENT | Strict; rigid | |
| STRAIT-LACED | Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals. | |
| LOOSE | Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right. | |
| PURITANICAL | Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt. | |
| RIGID | Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. | |
| MARTINET | In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods. | |