| Less difficult |
Premier Sunday |
08 Mar 2026 |
| Less challenging |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2026 |
| Like an early-week crossword, compared with Sunday's |
The Atlantic |
30 Nov 2025 |
| Not so knotty |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2025 |
| Not as tough |
Universal |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Less challenging |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Simpler answer in test, essentially, that is right |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Sep 2025 |
| More simple |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Less demanding |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2025 |
| More simple |
The Times Concise |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Simpler |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Lighter, say |
TV |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Simpler puzzle not starting to enthral one (6) |
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| More comfortable is more scrupulous, no question |
The Times Mephisto |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Listener captivating police officer and engineer simpler (6) |
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| Gentler stripteasers cuddling me? |
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| Less difficult exams aid Earl regularly |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Apr 2025 |
| More simple-way |
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| More simple |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Not as difficult: it is - now |
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| Less difficult standing up on one stamped addressed envelope (6) |
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| More effortless |
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| Simpler to do (6) |
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| More simple, less difficult: an - solution |
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| See air, perhaps? It's not so difficult! (6) |
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| Simpler note, as that is right (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Muddled sister had an idea - one not as simple as she might pretend (6,4,4,4) |
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| Simpler(6) |
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| More straightforward |
The Times Concise |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Not so tricky |
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| Boundless, least fiery and more basic ... (6) |
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| I'll stay in festival for short time - it's more relaxed |
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| Not as burdensome |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Less arduous |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2024 |
| More effortless |
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| Less strenuous |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2024 |
| "'Guys Are Just ___ to Get Along With,' Says Woman Who Only Hangs Out With Her Cardboard Cutout of One Direction" (Reductress headline) |
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| Not so hard (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Not taxing as much |
New York Times |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Cushier (6) |
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| Less burdensome |
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| Less tricky |
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| I see a struggle right to the end, though less arduous |
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| Less difficult to do (6) |
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| Raise a point. Confound it. It's more simple (6) |
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| Simpler note, as that is right (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Less demanding because I learn periodically |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Less demanding because I learn periodically (6) |
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| Requiring less effort |
USA Today |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Consumer round the south associated with eggs (6) |
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| Less arduous |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Not as tricky |
|
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| I ERASE |
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| This clue is not so complicated (6) |
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| Less complex |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Dec 2023 |
| Less demanding |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Realise rubbish left out is not so problematic |
The Guardian Quiptic |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Simpler |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Like a bunny slope vis-à-vis a black diamond run |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2023 |
| Like green slopes, vis-a-vis black diamonds |
Universal |
16 Sep 2023 |
| More effortless |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2023 |
| Simpler |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Aug 2023 |
| Less challenging |
USA Today |
24 Jul 2023 |
| More straightforward |
The Times Concise |
12 Jun 2023 |
| Less taxing |
Universal |
19 May 2023 |
| Realise student dropped out to get less stressed |
The Guardian Quiptic |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Simpler |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Less taxing |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2023 |
| "___ said than done" |
Universal |
14 Feb 2023 |
| Simpler for each school to get a heartless educator |
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| Simpler |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 May 2022 |
| Requiring less effort |
|
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| Requiring less effort |
|
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| Requiring less effort |
|
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| It's simpler getting list from Israelites |
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| Less difficult |
Universal |
18 Jan 2022 |
| Like blue and green ski trails, vis-à-vis black diamonds |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Posing less difficulty for loner from Sierra Leone |
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| Less challenging |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Posing less difficulty for loner from Sierra Leone |
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| Less difficult |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Requiring less effort |
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| Less challenging |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Get basic new bra with no restraints, it's more comfortable |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Sep 2021 |
| Requiring less effort |
|
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| Posing less difficulty for loner from Sierra Leone |
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| More simple |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Aug 2021 |
| With not as much hassle |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Not so challenging |
Newsday |
08 Jul 2021 |
| ___ said than done |
Universal |
24 Jun 2021 |
| Requiring less effort |
|
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| Less complex |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2021 |
| More doable |
Universal |
09 Apr 2021 |
| Posing less difficulty for loner from Sierra Leone |
|
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| More manageable at sea; at sea? That's right |
|
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| Posing less difficulty |
|
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| Auctioneers ignored count - what could be simpler? |
|
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| Less difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Less demanding |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jan 2021 |
| Less difficult |
|
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| Not as strict when that's accepted by Her Maj |
|
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| Not as difficult |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2020 |
| More simple |
Universal |
08 Dec 2020 |
| '___ said than done!' |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2020 |
| More uncomplicated 6 runs over third slip |
|
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| Festival with discounted bar near centre is more relaxed |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Not so tough |
|
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| Not so tough |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Not so tough as having to skirt lake |
|
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| Not as tough |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Less demanding |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2019 |
| Simpler |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Less taxing |
|
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| Less taxing |
LA Times Daily |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Regularly take slices in because I hear more like a piece of cake |
|
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| Not so hard |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jun 2019 |
| Listener absorbs bit of speech that is less complicated |
|
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| Not as hard |
Universal |
10 May 2019 |
| It's less difficult to enrol out of Sierra Leone |
|
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| Legionaries have no lingo for what's not as tough as it used to be |
|
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| Engineering a bizarre rise is getting less difficult |
|
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| Not as hard |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jan 2019 |
| Not as hard |
|
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| Less taxing |
|
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| Not so puzzling |
|
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| Less strenuous |
Newsday |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Not as difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Less difficult |
The Times Concise |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Attention grabbing start to song that is less difficult |
|
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| Not as hard |
Premier Sunday |
05 Aug 2018 |
| Evenly and softly to begin with, that's right: not so hard |
|
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| Not as tough |
Premier Sunday |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Not as knotty |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Way less involved |
Universal |
18 May 2018 |
| More simple |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 May 2018 |
| Less tough |
Premier Sunday |
13 May 2018 |
| Not as demanding |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Simpler note, as that is right |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Jan 2018 |
| More simple |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Way less involved |
|
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| '___ said ...' |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Less strict |
New York Times |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Comparatively simple puzzle, with time to spend, one cracks |
|
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| Not as hard |
New York Times |
27 Feb 2017 |
| Like a game's tutorial levels |
|
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| Less strict |
|
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| Not as hard |
|
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| "___ said ..." |
|
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| Simpler |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Dec 2016 |
| Not as hard to accomplish |
Universal |
06 Dec 2016 |
| Less taxing |
Universal |
11 Nov 2016 |
| It's less taxing for secretaries losing certs |
|
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| Not as demanding |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2016 |
| Like checkers, compared to chess |
|
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| Not as hard |
|
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| Less challenging |
|
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| Not as demanding |
|
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| Not as hard to accomplish |
|
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| Like addition vis-à-vis division |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2015 |
| One invested in exotic saree which is lighter |
|
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| Not so knotty |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Not so demanding |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2015 |
| More effortless |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Apr 2015 |
| Arise awkwardly after taking drug, get more relaxed |
|
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| More convenient point at which to get a rise negotiated |
|
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| Like addition vis-à-vis division |
|
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| Not so demanding |
|
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| Less demanding |
|
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| Not so knotty |
|
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| Less difficult |
|
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| Requiring less effort |
|
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| Not so knotty |
|
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| More like child's play |
|
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| Not as knotty |
|
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| Not as knotty |
|
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| Less difficult |
|
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| Less puzzling |
|
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| Not as tough |
|
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| Less taxing of savings account backed in Lords, marginally reduced? |
|
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| Not so demanding |
|
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| More like falling off a log |
|
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| Checkers, compared to chess |
|
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| Lifehouse "___ to Be" |
|
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| Requiring less effort |
|
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| Tic-tac-toe, compared to chess |
|
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| Less taxing |
|
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| Not so knotty |
|
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| Not as difficult as the Queen supporting independence after the end of empire |
|
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| Less complex |
|
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| Requiring fewer hints |
|
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| More doable |
|
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| Not as complicated |
|
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| Less complex |
|
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| Less like a stumper |
|
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| Less daunting |
|
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| Less strict |
|
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| Less like a stumper |
|
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| Less laborious |
|
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| Not so tough |
|
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| Not as knotty |
|
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| Not so tough |
|
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| Less stressful |
|
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| Not so tough |
|
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| Not so knotty |
|
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| Requiring fewer hints |
|
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| Less taxing |
|
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| Not as intricate |
|
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| Less tough |
|
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| Requiring less effort |
|
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| Less arduous |
|
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| Checkers, compared to chess |
|
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| Not as tough |
|
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| Less arduous |
|
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| More convenient |
|
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| More gettable |
|
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| Less demanding |
|
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| Not as tough |
|
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| Not so tough |
|
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| Less taxing |
|
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| Less tough |
|
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| Less of a struggle |
|
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| Less trying |
|
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| Not so challenging |
|
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| Not so challenging |
|
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| Less taxing |
|
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| Less complex |
|
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| Less difficult |
|
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| Less complex |
|
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| Less taxing |
|
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| Less complicated |
|
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| More lenient |
|
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| Less strenuous |
|
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| Less challenging |
|
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| Less complicated |
|
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| Less complicated |
|
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| Less challenging |
|
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| Less complicated |
|
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| More like pie? |
|
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| More pie-like? |
|
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| Not as strenuous |
|
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| Not as complicated |
|
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| Not as complicated |
|
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| Not so strict |
|
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| More facile |
|
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| Comparatively compliant |
|
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| Not as hard |
|
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| Less difficult |
|
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| Less taxing |
|
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| Less troublesome |
|
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| Less demanding |
|
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| Taking less effort |
|
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| Less restrictive |
|
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| Not so hard |
|
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| Less exacting |
|
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| Less of a bother |
|
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| Not so hard |
|
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| Less complicated |
|
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| Requiring less exertion |
|
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| Less difficult |
|
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| Less strict |
|
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| More of a breeze |
|
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| Simpler |
|
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| Not so taxing |
|
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| Less strict |
|
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| Less arduous |
|
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| Less demanding |
|
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| Not so hard |
|
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| Causing less difficulty |
|
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| Not so punishing |
|
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| Less trying |
|
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| More convenient |
|
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| Not so strenuous |
|
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| Less strict |
|
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| Less daunting |
|
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| More compliant |
|
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| More lenient |
|
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| Lighter |
|
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| Less of a struggle |
|
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| More comfortable |
|
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| Not so hard |
|
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| Less strenuous |
|
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| More carefree |
|
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| Not so challenging |
|
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| Not so rough |
|
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| Not so puzzling |
|
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| Less exacting |
|
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| Not so arduous |
|
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| Less demanding |
|
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| ___ said than done |
|
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| More indulgent |
|
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| Less constricting |
|
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| Simpler. |
|
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| More moderate. |
|
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| More facile. |
|
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| Less restrained. |
|
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| Less onerous. |
|
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| Like Monday puzzles, vis-à-vis Saturday |
|
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| More natural. |
|
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| More indulgent. |
|
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| More solvable. |
|
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| More relaxed. |
|
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| More lenient. |
|
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