Possible Clues:

• Looked without blinking
• Second last to pot, a snooker ball looked hard
• Subjected to prolonged gaze
• Regarded fixedly
• Sounds as if I did this and did it the hard way
• Gazed back at old Bob, looking angry
• It looked the hard way to get the rats up to the editor
• Was wide-eyed
• Showed fascination
• Looked hard and fixedly