| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| LENT | Time of austerity |
| ASCETIC | Devotee of austerity. |
| BIRTHOFARATION | Start of austerity |
| CRIPPS | Britain's "Apostle of Austerity." |
| austerities | AUSTERITY, the quality of being austere |
| hardness | harshness or austerity, as of a difficult existence |
| dervishes | A Muslim (specifically Sufi) religious man who has taken vows of poverty and austerity. Dervishes first appeared in the 12th century; they were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as dancing, whirling, or howling dervishes according to the practice of their order |
