It ain't easy |
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(Rock-[___ rock] |
|
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Like Toughie? Laughed out loud! (4) |
|
|
Containing alcohol |
|
|
The exacting part of ?Richard III" (4) |
|
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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) |
|
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Not soft or easy (4) |
|
|
____ of hearing |
|
|
Die ___, Bruce Willis film (4) |
|
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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 (4) |
|
|
Firm conned about contracts essentially |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Dec 2023 |
Tough green-leafed vegetable needing no introduction (4) |
|
|
Opposite of easy |
|
|
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 |
Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Aug 2023 |
Tough to break, like Jawbreakers |
|
|
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 |
Canadiana |
13 Mar 2023 |
___ hat (construction worker's headgear) |
|
|
Taco shell option |
Universal |
06 Feb 2023 |
Like advanced calculus |
Family Time |
02 Jan 2023 |
Like some cider |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Dec 2022 |
Forcefully |
New York Times |
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 |
Not squishy |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2022 |
Like a rock |
|
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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 |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Mar 2022 |
Extremely difficult or tricky |
|
|
#6 |
The Washington Post |
27 Jan 2022 |
#6 |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2022 |
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 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 Jun 2021 |
"___ Candy," 2005 thriller film starring Elliot Page |
|
|
Tough starters for all sides today |
Irish Times Crosaire |
08 May 2021 |
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 |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Jan 2021 |
'A __ Day's Night': Beatles song |
The Washington Post |
19 Jan 2021 |
"A __ Day's Night": Beatles song |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2021 |
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 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
22 Nov 2020 |
Tricky and difficult, as a puzzle |
Family Time |
19 Oct 2020 |
Unyielding |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Oct 2020 |
Tough husband by a road |
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 |
The Washington Post |
04 Aug 2020 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
01 Nov 2019 |
Like jawbreakers |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2019 |
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 |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Jul 2019 |
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 jawbreakers |
|
|
Word before cash or copy |
|
|
Like a rock and many a roll |
|
|
Like walnut shells |
|
|
Like boozy cider |
|
|
Challenging |
|
|
Challenging |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2018 |
Difficult |
Universal |
06 Nov 2018 |
Unsentimental |
The New Yorker |
05 Nov 2018 |
Difficult; rigid |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Sep 2018 |
It's not easy to express surprise on avenue |
Irish Times Crosaire |
08 Aug 2018 |
Causing head-scratching |
Universal |
22 Jul 2018 |
Merciless |
Canadiana |
16 Jul 2018 |
Challenging |
The Washington Post |
05 Jul 2018 |
"Die ___: The Nakatomi Heist," 2019 board game based on the eponymous 1988 action film |
|
|
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 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 May 2018 |
Word with cash or candy |
The Washington Post |
27 Apr 2018 |
Word with cash or candy |
LA Times Daily |
27 Apr 2018 |
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 |
Difficult |
|
|
Word with cash or candy |
|
|
Difficult |
|
|
Challenging |
|
|
Causing head-scratching |
|
|
Unyielding |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2017 |
Tough to learn |
The Washington Post |
08 Nov 2017 |
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 |
Canadiana |
09 Oct 2017 |
Solid or difficult to do |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Sep 2017 |
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 |
Tough to learn |
|
|
Like a tough nut to crack |
|
|
High on the Mohs scale |
|
|
Solid, firm |
The Times Concise |
04 Nov 2016 |
A____ lesson |
Canadiana |
12 Sep 2016 |
‘Unsentimental' had her dead wrong |
|
|
With 60-Down, gotten by great effort |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2016 |
Hurry _____(Skip's command) |
Canadiana |
06 Jun 2016 |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2015 |
Tough to figure out |
Newsday |
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 |
Nearly unsolvable |
|
|
Like some facts and stuff |
|
|
Tough |
|
|
Tough to solve |
|
|
Tough to solve |
|
|
Brain-busting |
|
|
Herculean |
|
|
Like dried cement |
|
|
Difficult |
|
|
Stony |
|
|
Tough to figure out |
|
|
Like steel |
|
|
Stern |
|
|
Difficult road across part of the beach |
|
|
Brainbusting |
|
|
Not like pie? |
|
|
Like some cider |
|
|
Word before candy or copy |
|
|
Kiss "(You Make Me) Rock ___" |
|
|
Tough to crack |
|
|
Posing a challenge |
|
|
Not squishy |
|
|
No walk in the park |
|
|
Like a Saturday crossword |
|
|
Tough to solve |
|
|
Tough to crack |
|
|
Very challenging |
|
|
High on the Mohs scale |
|
|
Not a walk in the park |
|
|
Kind of rock or candy |
|
|
Brain-busting |
|
|
Definitely not child's play |
|
|
Eddie Vedder "___ Sun" |
|
|
You might give this to someone you don't like |
|
|
Fast companion |
|
|
No piece of cake |
|
|
Ready to get down, in a way |
|
|
Challenging |
|
|
No walk in the park |
|
|
Difficult |
|
|
Like some copies and courts |
|
|
Mind-boggling |
|
|
Firm |
|
|
Like some copies and courts |
|
|
Granitelike |
|
|
High on the Mohs scale |
|
|
Like a rock |
|
|
Fatiguing |
|
|
Tricky |
|
|
No piece of cake |
|
|
Flinty |
|
|
Obdurate |
|
|
10 on the Mohs scale |
|
|
Fast partner |
|
|
Like some ciders |
|
|
Like a diamond |
|
|
Word with copy or candy |
|
|
___ as a diamond |
|
|
Not a walk in the park |
|
|
Verifiable, as facts |
|
|
Rock-like |
|
|
Difficult |
|
|
Like a Saturday crossword |
|
|
Kind of rock or candy |
|
|
"A ___ Day's Night" |
|
|
Like a rock |
|
|
Fast partner |
|
|
No picnic |
|
|
Like corundum |
|
|
Tough |
|
|
Like some facts |
|
|
Demanding |
|
|
Troublesome |
|
|
No picnic |
|
|
Knotty |
|
|
Obdurate |
|
|
Rocklike |
|
|
Obdurate |
|
|
Difficult |
|
|
Like some facts |
|
|
Verifiable, as facts |
|
|
Bad, like luck |
|
|
Unlike a gut course |
|
|
Unlike a picnic? |
|
|
Tough |
|
|
Unlike a picnic? |
|
|
Firmly formed |
|
|
Forcefully |
|
|
Tough to solve |
|
|
Partner of fast |
|
|
Compact |
|
|
Steellike |
|
|
Like some crosswords |
|
|
Fast companion |
|
|
High on the Mohs scale |
|
|
Sort of ware |
|
|
Like a Friday crossword |
|
|
Mohs scale adjective |
|
|
Mohs scale adjective |
|
|
"A __ Day's Night" |
|
|
Not liquidy |
|
|
High up on the Mohs scale |
|
|
Rocky |
|
|
"A __ Day's Night" |
|
|
Not a breeze |
|
|
No picnic |
|
|
Word that can precede the first word of the six longest puzzle answers |
|
|
Unyielding |
|
|
Unyielding |
|
|
How you may find this puzzle |
|
|
Hardly a no-brainer |
|
|
Impenetrable |
|
|
Word that can precede the first word of the six longest puzzle answers |
|
|
Unyielding |
|
|
Like some cider |
|
|
Brain-busting |
|
|
Difficult |
|
|
Thorny |
|
|
Intently |
|
|
Undeniable, as facts |
|
|
Stony |
|
|
Undeniable, as facts |
|
|
Like some hats or knocks |
|
|
With 57-Across, a nautical command |
|
|
Stony |
|
|
No piece of cake |
|
|
Like some heads |
|
|
Verifiable, as facts |
|
|
Partner of fast |
|
|
No piece of cake |
|
|
Like a rock |
|
|
Tough |
|
|
"A ___ Day's Night" |
|
|
Knotty |
|
|
Word with labor or candy |
|
|
Copy type |
|
|
Difficult to solve |
|
|
Kind of coal |
|
|
Like some cider |
|
|
Like some candy |
|
|
Word with boil or line |
|
|
With 1-Across, mule |
|
|
Word with candy or copy |
|
|
Not quickly solved |
|
|
Like whiskey, as opposed to wine |
|
|
Obdurate |
|
|
Difficult |
|
|
Construction hat construction |
|
|
Obdurate |
|
|
Stony |
|
|
Granitelike |
|
|
Like a rock |
|
|
Nearly unsolvable |
|
|
Arduous |
|
|
Rough |
|
|
Stony |
|
|
Strongly alcoholic |
|
|
Challenging |
|
|
Type of cider |
|
|
Like this crossword, to some |
|
|
Tough |
|
|
Not a no-brainer |
|
|
Brain busting |
|
|
The __ Rock Cafe is planning a new emphasis on live music |
|
|
Like some candy |
|
|
Like nails? |
|
|
Fast companion |
|
|
Word before labor or tack |
|
|
Like nails |
|
|
Adamantine |
|
|
Like this crossword? |
|
|
Lead-in to hat or headed |
|
|
Like some candy or crosswords |
|
|
Nearly unsolvable |
|
|
Bad, like luck |
|
|
Like some candy |
|
|
Like nails? |
|
|
Brainbusting |
|
|
High on the Mohs' scale |
|
|
No walk in the park |
|
|
Like a Friday crossword |
|
|
Boiled descriptive |
|
|
Like Hannah's heart, in song |
|
|
Like the puzzle? |
|
|
_ Nosed: tough |
|
|
Like #4 pencils |
|
|
___ labor |
|
|
Rocky |
|
|
Fermented |
|
|
Dickens's "___ Times" |
|
|
Subjected to induration |
|
|
Unyielding |
|
|
"___ Copy," TV program |
|
|
"___ Candy," T. Williams book |
|
|
Somewhat high on the Mohs' scale |
|
|
Adamant |
|
|
___ as nails |
|
|
No picnic |
|
|
Beatles' "A ___ Day's Night" |
|
|
Adamantine |
|
|
Steely |
|
|
Exacting |
|
|
Demanding |
|
|
Rigid |
|
|
Unrelenting |
|
|
Strongly alcoholic |
|
|
Merciless |
|
|
Puzzling |
|
|
Unfeeling |
|
|
Like a diamond |
|
|
Darlene of tennis fame |
|
|
___ Ridden (1958 Epsom winner) |
|
|
"A ___ Day's Night," Beatles song |
|
|
Like some puzzles |
|
|
Kind of cash or times |
|
|
Far from flabby |
|
|
Times or tack |
|
|
Kind of sauce |
|
|
Kind of sauce or luck |
|
|
Toothbrush rating |
|
|
Word with tack or line |
|
|
___ as a rock |
|
|
Without pity |
|
|
Troublesome. |
|
|
Unyielding. |
|
|
Uphill. |
|
|
Arduous. |
|
|
Calloused. |
|
|
Like a diamond. |
|
|
Compact. |
|
|
With vigor. |
|
|
Severe. |
|
|
Firm. |
|
|
Unfeeling. |
|
|
Trying. |
|
|
Powerful. |
|
|
Difficult. |
|
|
___ sauce. |
|
|
Obdurate. |
|
|
Like anthracite. |
|
|
Solid and compact. |
|
|
Unsentimental. |
|
|
Adamantine. |
|
|
Exacting. |
|
|
Rigorous. |
|
|
Difficult to deal with. |
|
|
Kind of sauce. |
|
|
Compact and solid. |
|
|
Vermont poet, Walter ___. |
|
|
Steely. |
|
|
Knotty. |
|
|
Intense. |
|
|
Adamant. |
|
|
Spikenard. |
|
|
Physically fit for exertion. |
|
|
What this puzzle is. |
|
|
Demanding |
|
|
Like most themeless puzzles |
|
|