| Like a rock ... or rocket science |
New York Times Midi |
13 Mar 2026 |
| Tough |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Mar 2026 |
| Difficult (4) |
Mirror Classic |
02 Mar 2026 |
| Difficult |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2026 |
| Firm, solid |
The Telegraph Mini |
19 Feb 2026 |
| Tough to crack |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2026 |
| "___ Candy Christmas," country song by Dolly Parton, named after a sugary, brittle treat that melts in your mouth |
|
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| Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally |
New York Times |
09 Feb 2026 |
| Challenging |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Feb 2026 |
| "You're such a ___ worker!" compliment given to someone who gives it their all |
|
|
| Difficult |
Commuter |
03 Feb 2026 |
| Like some lemonade |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jan 2026 |
| "Die ___"; Bruce Willis movie |
|
|
| Tough to solve |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2026 |
| Difficult |
USA Today Quick |
05 Jan 2026 |
| Difficult |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2026 |
| Difficult |
The Times Concise |
30 Dec 2025 |
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Dec 2025 |
| Difficult |
USA Today |
17 Dec 2025 |
| Challenging |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2025 |
| & 4A 2008 album by Madonna, featuring the no. 1 single 4 Minutes (4,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Opposite of 'easy' |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Dec 2025 |
| Like walnut shells |
|
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| Difficult or challenging |
|
|
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Nov 2025 |
| & 21D 1998 film thriller starring Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater (4,4) |
Mirror Quiz |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Difficult |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Like a diamond, but not talc |
|
|
| Like a dried-out sponge |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2025 |
| & 16A 2002 novel by Janet Evanovich (4,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
20 Sep 2025 |
| "Rock" or "candy" start |
USA Today Quick |
19 Sep 2025 |
| "You're such a ___ worker!" compliment given to someone who gives it their all |
|
|
| Fit term for trench plough, as it used to be |
The Times Mephisto |
07 Sep 2025 |
| A ____ Day's Night, Beatles film |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Difficult |
Commuter |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Granitelike |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Granitelike |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Challenging |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Opposite of 'easy' |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Knotty |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Tough to crack |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Not easy |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Solid (4) |
Mirror Quick |
20 Jun 2025 |
| Both arduous and difficult inside (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
20 Jun 2025 |
| Firm; not soft (4) |
|
|
| See 5-Across |
New York Times Mini |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Not easy |
|
|
| Extremely difficult or tricky |
|
|
| 2009 novel by Martina Cole (4,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
04 Jun 2025 |
| See 20 Down |
Mirror Quiz |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Like a coconut shell |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2025 |
| It's difficult to understand this sort of shoulder, head or heart (4) |
|
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| It's difficult, being inflexible (4) |
|
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| Firm |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 May 2025 |
| Like a 1,000-piece monochromatic jigsaw puzzle |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Difficult or challenging |
|
|
| Right though, had been arduous (4) |
|
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| Tough, like a rock |
|
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| Beatles song, A _ Day's Night (4) |
|
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| Tough to do |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Like diamonds and calculus problems |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Like a C in physics? |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Much ardour inside firm |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Solid |
Mirror Quick |
02 Apr 2025 |
| First hours are remarkably difficult (4) |
|
|
| Easy opposite |
|
|
| Air-dried boilie feels _ (4) |
|
|
| Difficult |
Commuter |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Tough |
Universal |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Opposite of 'easy' |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Like petrified wood |
|
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| Seemingly unsolvable, as a puzzle |
|
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| Dickens' times were so tough |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Feb 2025 |
| Unyielding |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Feb 2025 |
| Difficult to get measure of land next to road (4) |
|
|
| "Die ___," action movie starring Bruce Willis that takes place over one chaotic day in an LA skyscraper |
|
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| Fooled about Romeo? Difficult to understand |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
31 Jan 2025 |
| "You're such a ___ worker!" compliment given to someone who gives it their all |
|
|
| Darlene -, 1960 and 1961 US National Championships singles tennis tournament winner |
Mirror Quiz |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Like some Werther's caramels |
|
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| Like a video game set to maximum difficulty |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2025 |
| No easy end for one of three British kings (4) |
|
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| Word before rock or candy |
|
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| Die ____, Christmas film? |
The Telegraph Mini |
24 Dec 2024 |
| "Live Free or Die ___" |
|
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| It's tough, being caught outright! (4) |
|
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| ___ Times, Charles Dickens novel set in Coketown (4) |
Puzzler |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Difficult |
Commuter |
21 Dec 2024 |
| "Die ___," movie starring Bruce Willis |
|
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| Bruce Willis action movie series, Die _ (4) |
|
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| Tough end cut off vegetable (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Tough but had included river (4) |
|
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| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Dec 2024 |
| And 16 1854 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind (4,5) |
|
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| & 16A 1854 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind (4,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Difficult |
USA Today |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Not easy |
|
|
| Tough to figure out |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Die ___, Bruce Willis film (4) |
Puzzler |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Both arduous and difficult inside |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Solid |
Mirror Quick |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Difficult |
Mirror Classic |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Opposite of 60-Across, and, with 10-Across, close examination |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Nov 2024 |
| It's difficult to be really rigid (4) |
|
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| Labour a point, - on (4) |
|
|
| Very difficult |
Commuter |
24 Oct 2024 |
| It's not easy to be really rigid (4) |
|
|
| Far from a walk in the park |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2024 |
| _ Quiz, Aussie TV gameshow with specialist subjects (4) |
|
|
| More than just a little alcoholic |
|
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| Difficult |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Word with "ship" to refer to difficult or unpleasant conditions in one's life |
|
|
| No gimme |
|
|
| Tough, like a rock |
|
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| Like spiked lemonade |
Universal |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Like uncomfortable futons and overbaked croutons |
|
|
| Very solid and unyielding |
|
|
| Relentless in being difficult! (4) |
|
|
| Difficult |
Commuter |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Sep 2024 |
| A road built behind hospital is difficult to negotiate (4) |
|
|
| Not easy at all |
Commuter |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Like a diamond, but not talc |
|
|
| Ran discount electronic firm |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Tough |
Commuter |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Difficult |
Mirror Classic |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Opposite of "soft" |
|
|
| Tough, like a rock |
|
|
| It's tough, being deceived outright (4) |
|
|
| He crashed out before the end of race - that's bad luck! (4,6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Jun 2024 |
| He crashed out before the end of race a that's bad luck! (4,6) |
|
|
| Drive a ___ bargain |
|
|
| "Die ___" (Jake Peralta's favorite movie) |
|
|
| Opposite of easy |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Jun 2024 |
| ____ rock |
USA Today Quick |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Had got right through, though it was arduous (4) |
|
|
| Solid ring extracted from stockpile (4) |
|
|
| Difficult |
Mirror Classic |
29 May 2024 |
| Difficult |
Commuter |
29 May 2024 |
| Darlene, 1960 French Open tennis singles champion (4) |
|
|
| Opposite of "soft" |
|
|
| Not 40-Across |
Commuter |
16 May 2024 |
| Difficult |
Commuter |
04 May 2024 |
| Unyielding |
|
|
| Difficult path arduously covered (4) |
|
|
| Difficult or challenging |
|
|
| Like the job the outside-right had? (4) |
|
|
| Rigorous description of calciferous water (4) |
|
|
| Like a coconut's shell |
Universal |
16 Apr 2024 |
| The "H" of HB (4) |
|
|
| "48 Hours: ___ Evidence" |
|
|
| Like some ciders, seltzers, and lemonades |
|
|
| ___ nut to crack |
|
|
| Arduous |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Far from soft |
|
|
| Exacting, not giving (4) |
|
|
| It ain't easy |
|
|
| (Rock-[___ rock] |
|
|
| Like Toughie? Laughed out loud! (4) |
|
|
| Containing alcohol |
|
|
| The exacting part of ?Richard III" (4) |
|
|
| Being caught outright, is tough (4) |
|
|
| Difficult, tough |
The Times Concise |
17 Feb 2024 |
| ___ Times, Charles Dickens novel set in Coketown |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Hurry! Drop Sten on road! Difficult? (4) |
|
|
| Not soft or easy (4) |
|
|
| ____ of hearing |
|
|
| Not easy |
Commuter |
03 Feb 2024 |
| Tough vegetable, not cooked at first |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Feb 2024 |
| "You're such a ___ worker!" compliment given to someone who gives it their all |
|
|
| Rocky |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jan 2024 |
| "Spy ___," "Weird Al" Yankovic song that's a tribute to the James Bond franchise |
|
|
| Gruelling (4) |
|
|
| Die _, Christmas movie starring Bruce Willis (4) |
|
|
| It's difficult to start off with Cliff, say (4) |
|
|
| Difficult |
Commuter |
01 Jan 2024 |
| It’s often played in Congress |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2023 |
| It's often played in Congress |
|
|
| Icy |
|
|
| & 14A 1854 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind (4,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Tough |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2023 |
| Firm conned about contracts essentially |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Firm conned about contracts essentially (4) |
|
|
| Tough green-leafed vegetable needing no introduction (4) |
|
|
| Not easy |
|
|
| It's partly rough, arduous and difficult (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Nov 2023 |
| Difficult or challenging, say |
|
|
| Difficult |
Newsday |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Nov 2023 |
| K) Like super tricky crosswords |
Family Time |
12 Nov 2023 |
| Thorny |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Difficult |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Word with copy or currency |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Opposite of "soft" |
|
|
| Difficult |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2023 |
| Tough to break, like Jawbreakers |
|
|
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Aug 2023 |
| Difficult |
USA Today |
16 Jul 2023 |
| ___ pass, term for a firm rejection that was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2021 |
|
|
| "Die ___" (Jake Peralta's favorite movie) |
|
|
| Difficult |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2023 |
| "I find that ___ to believe" |
|
|
| Challenging |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2023 |
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Apr 2023 |
| Knotty |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2023 |
| Challenging |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2023 |
| Obdurate |
|
|
| ___ hat (construction worker's headgear) |
|
|
| Taco shell option |
Universal |
06 Feb 2023 |
| Like advanced calculus |
Family Time |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Forcefully |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2022 |
| Like some cider |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Dec 2022 |
| Difficult |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Not soft, say |
|
|
| Tough to crack |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2022 |
| Thorny |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2022 |
| Like a chestnut shell |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Difficult |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2022 |
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Like lemonade unsuitable for kids |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2022 |
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Difficult |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Like a rock |
|
|
| Not squishy |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Tough little pieces skinned |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Like a C in calculus? |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2022 |
| ___-boiled, phrase meaning "tough and cynical" that was first used by Mark Twain |
|
|
| Difficult for daughters to exclude guest |
|
|
| Extremely difficult or tricky |
|
|
| #6 |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2022 |
| #6 |
|
|
| Tough to solve, as a crossword puzzle |
|
|
| For experts, as a game |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2021 |
| Kind of hat used by construction workers |
|
|
| Like the math problem 1,198 X 32,144 - 112 |
Family Time |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Bruce's "Die ___" |
|
|
| Strongly alcoholic |
The Times Concise |
04 Sep 2021 |
| Difficult |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Solid, firm, rigid |
The Times Concise |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Tough |
Universal |
08 Jul 2021 |
| Like some seltzers |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2021 |
| & 7 What an actor learns after having an erection: 'Too bad' |
|
|
| Like perplexing puzzles |
|
|
| "___ Candy," 2005 thriller film starring Elliot Page |
|
|
| Tough starters for all sides today |
|
|
| Tough |
Premier Sunday |
11 Apr 2021 |
| A third night in action's critical |
|
|
| Difficult |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2021 |
| "___ Eight," 1996 movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Clementine |
|
|
| Difficult for daughters to throw out guest |
|
|
| "A __ Day's Night": Beatles song |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2021 |
| 'A __ Day's Night': Beatles song |
|
|
| Like Parmesan and pecorino |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Solid; difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jan 2021 |
| Like a Saturday crossword |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2020 |
| ___ drive |
|
|
| Tricky and difficult, as a puzzle |
Family Time |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Tough husband by a road |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Oct 2020 |
| Unyielding |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Oct 2020 |
| Challenging to figure out |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Granitelike |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Difficult |
LA Times Daily |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Difficult |
|
|
| Challenging |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2020 |
| No walk in the park |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jul 2020 |
| Like walnut shells |
|
|
| Obstinate |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2020 |
| Like nails and some candy |
Family Time |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Dickens' times were so tough |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 May 2020 |
| Difficult |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 May 2020 |
| Opposite of 18d |
|
|
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Apr 2020 |
| Like super-complicated instructions |
Family Time |
09 Mar 2020 |
| "Love ___," 2021 rom-com starring Nina Dobrev and Jimmy O. Yang |
|
|
| Tough, like a rock |
|
|
| Another word for "difficult" |
|
|
| Far from easy |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2020 |
| "Die ___," action film series that started in 1988 starring Bruce Willis |
|
|
| "___ Target," 1993 movie which was one of the highest-grossing action films of the '90s |
|
|
| Like most clues that end with question marks |
Universal |
21 Dec 2019 |
| Like jawbreakers |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2019 |
| Like jawbreakers |
|
|
| Tough |
|
|
| Tough |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Challenging |
Universal |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Firm in texture |
|
|
| Like a rock and many a roll |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2019 |
| Difficult for daughters to get rid of guest |
|
|
| Challenging |
Newsday |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Bruce Willis starrer action film franchise "Die ___" |
|
|
| Firm, rigid |
The Times Concise |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Like walnut shells |
New York Times |
27 Mar 2019 |
| Solid, firm, rigid |
The Times Concise |
12 Mar 2019 |
| Demanding key allowing smooth access? Yet denying entry to soldiers? |
|
|
| Word before cash or copy |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2019 |
| Challenging |
Premier Sunday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Like boozy cider |
Universal |
04 Feb 2019 |
| & 11 Soap's less effective with this sort of raw hatred |
|
|
| Like boozy cider |
|
|
| Like walnut shells |
|
|
| Like a rock and many a roll |
|
|
| Like jawbreakers |
|
|
| Word before cash or copy |
|
|
| Challenging |
|
|
| Challenging |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Difficult |
Universal |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Unsentimental |
|
|
| Difficult; rigid |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Sep 2018 |
| It's not easy to express surprise on avenue |
|
|
| Causing head-scratching |
Universal |
22 Jul 2018 |
| Merciless |
|
|
| "Die ___: The Nakatomi Heist," 2019 board game based on the eponymous 1988 action film |
|
|
| Challenging |
|
|
| Challenging |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2018 |
| Were Dickens' times this tough? |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Strong and difficult to break |
|
|
| Difficult |
The Times Concise |
27 May 2018 |
| Like diamonds |
|
|
| Word with cash or candy |
LA Times Daily |
27 Apr 2018 |
| Word with cash or candy |
|
|
| Dickens' times were this tough! |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Apr 2018 |
| Fare not appropriate for soldiers? |
|
|
| Like verified facts |
Universal |
14 Mar 2018 |
| Difficult; severe |
The Times Concise |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Solid, rigid |
The Times Concise |
25 Jan 2018 |
| Challenging |
|
|
| Difficult |
|
|
| Word with cash or candy |
|
|
| Difficult |
|
|
| Causing head-scratching |
|
|
| Unyielding |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Tough to learn |
|
|
| Tough to learn |
LA Times Daily |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Difficult to remove top from UK's tallest building |
|
|
| Difficult or challenging |
|
|
| Part 3 of today's quote |
|
|
| Solid or difficult to do |
|
|
| The opposite of "Soft" |
|
|
| High on the Mohs scale |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Difficult |
|
|
| Like a tough nut to crack |
Universal |
31 Jul 2017 |
| Arduous |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Solid, unlike a piece of cake |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jul 2017 |
| As a rock |
|
|
| Newspaper's sure misled about Republican |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 May 2017 |
| Opposite of soft |
Family Time |
30 Apr 2017 |
| High on the Mohs scale |
|
|
| Tough to learn |
|
|
| Like a tough nut to crack |
|
|
| Solid, firm |
The Times Concise |
04 Nov 2016 |
| A____ lesson |
|
|
| ‘Unsentimental' had her dead wrong |
|
|
| With 60-Down, gotten by great effort |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2016 |
| Hurry _____(Skip's command) |
|
|
| Not easily solved |
Universal |
20 May 2016 |
| Tough to inflict damage with only half the final number |
|
|
| Type of candy or cider |
Universal |
05 Jan 2016 |
| Type of candy or cider |
|
|
| With 60-Down, gotten by great effort |
|
|
| Piece of pottery that's not square |
|
|
| Nearly unsolvable |
Universal |
04 Dec 2015 |
| Tough to solve |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2015 |
| Like some facts and stuff |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2015 |
| Like dried cement |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2015 |
| Herculean |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2015 |
| Tough to figure out |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2015 |
| Tough |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2015 |
| See 3 Down |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Jun 2015 |
| Brain-busting |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2015 |
| Like steel |
Premier Sunday |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Stern |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2015 |
| Stony |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Tough |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jan 2015 |
| Like steel |
|
|
| Tough to solve |
|
|
| Like some facts and stuff |
|
|
| Stern |
|
|
| Tough |
|
|
| Difficult |
|
|
| Stony |
|
|
| Tough to figure out |
|
|
| Brain-busting |
|
|
| Herculean |
|
|
| Nearly unsolvable |
|
|
| Like dried cement |
|
|
| Tough to solve |
|
|
| Difficult road across part of the beach |
|
|
| Kiss "(You Make Me) Rock ___" |
|
|
| Not squishy |
|
|
| Brainbusting |
|
|
| Tough to crack |
|
|
| Not like pie? |
|
|
| Posing a challenge |
|
|
| Like some cider |
|
|
| No walk in the park |
|
|
| Word before candy or copy |
|
|
| Like a Saturday crossword |
|
|
| Tough to solve |
|
|
| High on the Mohs scale |
|
|
| Not a walk in the park |
|
|
| Very challenging |
|
|
| Tough to crack |
|
|
| Kind of rock or candy |
|
|
| Ready to get down, in a way |
|
|
| No piece of cake |
|
|
| Definitely not child's play |
|
|
| Eddie Vedder "___ Sun" |
|
|
| Brain-busting |
|
|
| Fast companion |
|
|
| You might give this to someone you don't like |
|
|
| Challenging |
|
|
| Firm |
|
|
| Like some copies and courts |
|
|
| High on the Mohs scale |
|
|
| Mind-boggling |
|
|
| Difficult |
|
|
| Fatiguing |
|
|
| Like some copies and courts |
|
|
| Like a rock |
|
|
| No walk in the park |
|
|
| Granitelike |
|
|
| Fast partner |
|
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| No piece of cake |
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| Flinty |
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| Like a diamond |
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| Obdurate |
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| Like some ciders |
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| 10 on the Mohs scale |
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| Tricky |
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| Not a walk in the park |
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| Rock-like |
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| Word with copy or candy |
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| ___ as a diamond |
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| Kind of rock or candy |
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| Like a Saturday crossword |
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| Verifiable, as facts |
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| Difficult |
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| Like some facts |
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| No picnic |
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| Verifiable, as facts |
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| Rocklike |
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| Like a rock |
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| Bad, like luck |
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| Obdurate |
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| Difficult |
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| Knotty |
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| Obdurate |
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| Unlike a gut course |
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| Tough |
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| Like corundum |
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| Fast partner |
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| "A ___ Day's Night" |
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| Troublesome |
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| No picnic |
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| Like some facts |
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| Demanding |
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| Partner of fast |
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| Unlike a picnic? |
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| High on the Mohs scale |
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| Compact |
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| Unlike a picnic? |
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| Forcefully |
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| Steellike |
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| Like a Friday crossword |
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| Fast companion |
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| Tough |
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| Like some crosswords |
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| Sort of ware |
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| Firmly formed |
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| Tough to solve |
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| Mohs scale adjective |
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| Unyielding |
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| Word that can precede the first word of the six longest puzzle answers |
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| Not liquidy |
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| How you may find this puzzle |
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| Hardly a no-brainer |
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| No picnic |
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| Rocky |
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| Impenetrable |
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| High up on the Mohs scale |
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| Not a breeze |
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| Word that can precede the first word of the six longest puzzle answers |
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| Unyielding |
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| "A __ Day's Night" |
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| Mohs scale adjective |
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| "A __ Day's Night" |
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| Unyielding |
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| Stony |
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| Brain-busting |
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| Undeniable, as facts |
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| Thorny |
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| Intently |
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| Like some cider |
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| Difficult |
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| Undeniable, as facts |
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| Like a rock |
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| With 57-Across, a nautical command |
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| No piece of cake |
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| Stony |
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| Like some heads |
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| No piece of cake |
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| Verifiable, as facts |
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| Partner of fast |
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| Like some hats or knocks |
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| Word with candy or copy |
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| Copy type |
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| Kind of coal |
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| Like some cider |
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| Tough |
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| Like some candy |
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| Word with boil or line |
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| With 1-Across, mule |
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| "A ___ Day's Night" |
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| Difficult to solve |
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| Knotty |
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| Word with labor or candy |
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| Obdurate |
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| Like whiskey, as opposed to wine |
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| Obdurate |
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| Difficult |
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| Construction hat construction |
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| Not quickly solved |
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| Nearly unsolvable |
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| Strongly alcoholic |
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| Rough |
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| Stony |
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| Arduous |
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| Granitelike |
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| Stony |
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| Like a rock |
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| Type of cider |
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| Challenging |
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| Like some candy |
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| The __ Rock Cafe is planning a new emphasis on live music |
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| Like this crossword, to some |
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| Not a no-brainer |
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| Tough |
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| Like nails? |
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| Brain busting |
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| Like some candy or crosswords |
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| Like nails |
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| Lead-in to hat or headed |
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| Nearly unsolvable |
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| Like this crossword? |
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| Bad, like luck |
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| Fast companion |
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| Word before labor or tack |
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| Adamantine |
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| Brainbusting |
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| Like some candy |
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| No walk in the park |
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| High on the Mohs' scale |
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| Like nails? |
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| Like Hannah's heart, in song |
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| Boiled descriptive |
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| Like a Friday crossword |
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| Like the puzzle? |
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| _ Nosed: tough |
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| Like #4 pencils |
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| ___ labor |
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| Rocky |
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| Fermented |
New York Times |
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| Fermented |
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| Dickens's "___ Times" |
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| Unyielding |
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| Subjected to induration |
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| "___ Candy," T. Williams book |
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| "___ Copy," TV program |
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| Somewhat high on the Mohs' scale |
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| Adamant |
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| No picnic |
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| Beatles' "A ___ Day's Night" |
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| ___ as nails |
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| Adamantine |
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| Steely |
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| Exacting |
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| Unrelenting |
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| Strongly alcoholic |
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| Rigid |
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| Puzzling |
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| Merciless |
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| Demanding |
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| Unfeeling |
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| "A ___ Day's Night," Beatles song |
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| ___ Ridden (1958 Epsom winner) |
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| Darlene of tennis fame |
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| Like a diamond |
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| Kind of cash or times |
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| Like some puzzles |
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| Far from flabby |
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| Times or tack |
|
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| Kind of sauce or luck |
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| Kind of sauce |
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| Toothbrush rating |
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| Word with tack or line |
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| ___ as a rock |
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| Firm. |
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| Unsentimental. |
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| Uphill. |
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| Vermont poet, Walter ___. |
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| What this puzzle is. |
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| Without pity |
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| Troublesome. |
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| Like a diamond. |
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| Compact. |
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| Calloused. |
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| With vigor. |
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| Unfeeling. |
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| Trying. |
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| Powerful. |
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| Difficult. |
|
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| ___ sauce. |
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| Obdurate. |
|
|
| Like anthracite. |
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| Adamantine. |
|
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| Exacting. |
|
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| Rigorous. |
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| Kind of sauce. |
|
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| Steely. |
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| Knotty. |
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| Intense. |
|
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| Adamant. |
|
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| Physically fit for exertion. |
|
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| Like most themeless puzzles |
|
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| Difficult to deal with. |
|
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| Arduous. |
|
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| Unyielding. |
|
|
| Compact and solid. |
|
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| Spikenard. |
|
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| Severe. |
|
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| Solid and compact. |
|
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| Demanding |
|
|