| Tougher, a ... substance |
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| Closer to 10, according to Mohs |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2025 |
| More difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Stiffer (6) |
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| Not as easy |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Less easy |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Tougher |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 May 2024 |
| More difficult for personnel to retain a primarily rebellious department engineer (6) |
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| Less compassionate |
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| Not as easy |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Oct 2023 |
| More challenging, as a crossword grid |
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| Pernille ___, UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award winner in 2018 and 2020 |
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| Like a black diamond run, vis-a-vis a blue square run |
Universal |
05 Mar 2022 |
| Offering more of a challenge |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 Jan 2022 |
| Not as easily solved |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Dec 2021 |
| More difficult |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Nov 2021 |
| More difficult |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Some people will think this is more cryptic, as it's more demanding |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Requiring more effort |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Dec 2020 |
| More difficult |
Newsday |
13 Jul 2020 |
| More arduous |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2020 |
| More challenging |
Newsday |
06 May 2020 |
| Less easy |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Oct 2019 |
| More tough |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Aug 2019 |
| More solid |
The Times Concise |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Taking more time, probably, as a test |
LA Times Daily |
15 Feb 2019 |
| Taking more time, probably, as a test |
The Washington Post |
15 Feb 2019 |
| Some people will think this is more cryptic, as it's more demanding |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 Jan 2019 |
| Taking more time, probably, as a test |
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| More rigorous |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2015 |
| More rigorous |
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| Like topaz vis- -vis quartz |
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| More challenging |
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| More challenging |
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| More demanding |
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| More demanding |
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| More difficult |
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| More difficult |
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| More puzzling, as a crossword |
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| Less of a picnic |
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| Less simple |
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| Higher on the Mohs scale |
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| More puzzling |
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| Higher on the Mohs scale |
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| More puzzling |
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| "... the ___ they fall" |
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| Less cushiony |
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| More challenging |
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| Less cushiony |
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| "Work smarter, not __" |
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| Higher on the Mohs scale |
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| Like a Sunday crossword compared to a Monday one |
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| More challenging |
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| More difficult |
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| Taskmaster's cry |
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| Weather indicator |
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| "Pull more!" |
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| " . . . the ___ they fall" |
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| Not so easy |
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| Less lenient |
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| Less giving |
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| More callous |
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| More trying |
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| More knotty |
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| More unyielding |
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| More enduring. |
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| More steely |
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| More oppressive. |
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| More difficult. |
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| More arduous. |
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| More rigorous. |
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