| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| grimmest | Forbidding or uninviting |
| DOUR | Gloomy or forbidding |
| grim | having a harsh or forbidding air |
| prohibition | A law or regulation forbidding something |
| prohibitions | A law or regulation forbidding something |
| sterns | having an austere or forbidding appearance or nature |
| grimly | ern or forbidding in action or appearance a grim taskmaster |
| grimmer | ern or forbidding in action or appearance a grim taskmaster |
| prohibitive | (esp. of a law or rule) Forbidding or restricting something |
| embargoes | An order of a state forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports |
