Answer:

strict

Answer	Crossword Clue
STRICT	Unyielding
STRICT	Like a martinet
STRICT	Rigorous

STRICT	Unwilling to give makeup exams, say
STRICT	Inflexible about the rules
STRICT	Rigid
STRICT	Uncompromising
STRICT	Unbending
STRICT	Precise
STRICT	Following the letter of the law
STRICT	Inflexible about rules

STRICT	Like tough love
STRICT	Rigorous, as with rules
STRICT	Authoritarian
STRICT	Inflexible
STRICT	Exacting
STRICT	Far from indulgent
STRICT	Not indulgent
STRICT	Hard-and-fast

STRICT	Like disciplinarians
STRICT	By-the-book
STRICT	Stern about the rules
STRICT	Unforgiving
STRICT	Nitpicky with rules
STRICT	Exact
STRICT	Like a schoolmarm
STRICT	Hard.

STRICT	Punctilious.
STRICT	Scrupulous.
STRICT	Exact.
STRICT	Firm.
STRICT	Precise.
STRICT	Mid-Victorian.
STRICT	Not lax
STRICT	Holding to the letter

STRICT	Hard; rigid
STRICT	Austere
STRICT	Severe
STRICT	Narrow
STRICT	Absolute