Related Clues:

• Bitter in taste — harsh in tone
• Harsh Balkan, reportedly one taken into account
• Sour; sharp
• One chapter ending writer's cutting
• Harsh and bitter bishop in command, pursuing one regime at first
• Sharp, expert playing crib
• Bitter writer sitting beneath tree
• Bitter account by leading royal writer
• Sharp blade in copse initially seen on tree
• Sour in taste; sharp or forthright in speech or comments
• Bitter writer follows cycling race
• Sour or bitter in taste or tone
• Cutting tree, first of all, bring in chainsaw
• Harsh, cutting
• Sharp — sardonic