Stern (4)

'stern' is the definition.
(I know that stern can be written as grim)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for grim that I've seen before include "Dreadful" , "Dour, forbidding" , "Serious; dour" , "Resolute" , "Dark, depressing" .)
'stern' is the definition.
(I know that stern can be written as rear)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for rear that I've seen before include "early, long before now" , "Hind part" , "Buck" , "Bring up - the tail" , "parent" .)