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*Overly harsh (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

draconian

(Other definitions for draconian that I've seen before include "Hard" , "Incan road (anag) - extremely harsh" , "Excessively severe" , "Savage" , "Very harsh like severe laws" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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