The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CENSORIOUS
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More clues leading to the result CENSORIOUS
- Highly critical of curios one's collected
- Administering cure soon is critical
- Fault-finding survey about old port
- Severely critical, but course is on anyhow
- Badly organised cruise soon makes one very critical
- Count limiting love at a Brazilian holiday destination is over-judgmental
- Harshly critical of cruise soon in disarray
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The straight part
We know that "Harshly critical" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case harshly critical = censorious.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CENSORIOUS mean?
CENSORIOUS adjective- Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
- Implying or expressing censure.