| Boring task |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Walk heavily, as through muck or snow |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Grueling process |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2025 |
| Difficult going |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Task that you can't wait to be done with |
|
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| Toilsome ordeal |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jun 2025 |
| Work determinedly at something (4) |
|
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| Tedious work |
New York Times |
21 May 2025 |
| It's a chore to get through |
|
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| Hit hard - hard trek (4) |
|
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| Long, burdensome task |
|
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| Hard effort |
Commuter |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Walk, as through muck |
|
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| Tedious task |
Universal |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Hard work |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Strenuous spell of work, hard ... |
|
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| Work doggedly chopping logs (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Persevere with extreme survival outing |
|
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| Difficult trek |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Hit hard; work hard |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Annoyingly hard job |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Work hard chopping logs (4) |
|
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| Hardly a romp |
New York Times |
09 Feb 2025 |
| Tough go |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Word that aptly bookends "slow going " |
|
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| Work hard and steadily |
|
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| Plod through mud |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Hit hard |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Arduous journey |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Wade, as through mud |
|
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| Spell of hard work (4) |
|
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| Work with great effort |
Puzzler Backwords |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Catch phrase without an almighty wallop (4) |
|
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| Hard steady work (4) |
|
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| Difficult chore |
|
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| Totally boring task |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2024 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Plod through the mire |
|
|
| Strenuous spell of work (4) |
Puzzler |
04 Oct 2024 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Laborious work |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Hit or strike forcefully (4) |
|
|
| Work doggedly |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Real grind |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Tedious walk |
Commuter |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Long, unpleasant task |
|
|
| Long laboring |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Tedious task |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Sparks' latest record is hard work |
|
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| Tramp along in mud |
|
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| Toil |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Get through a long, slow day |
Family Time |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Big hit |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Work hard |
Mirror Tea Time |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Hit hard |
The Sun Mini |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jul 2024 |
| Tough work, a hard ... |
|
|
| Plod along |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Trudge |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Second record is hard work |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Hike through muck |
|
|
| Tough journey |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Persistent hard work (4) |
|
|
| Arduous trek |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Work doggedly at skipper's first record of voyage (4) |
|
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| Work doggedly at making goals, following a loss (4) |
|
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| Small caber is hard work (4) |
|
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| Introduction to scientist's diary is hard work (4) |
|
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| Tedious work session |
|
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| Work on small caber (4) |
|
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| Toil hard (4) |
|
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| Toil |
Mirror Quick |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Second caber is hard work |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Work, walk doggedly (4) |
|
|
| Arduous task |
LA Times Mini |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Exhausting work |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Work hard, cutting logs (4) |
|
|
| Long task to create society register |
|
|
| Tedious grind |
|
|
| Laborious walk |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2024 |
| Labour flagging striking victory |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Labour flagging striking victory (4) |
|
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| Hard persistent work |
|
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| Hard going (4) |
|
|
| Big hit, singer's first record |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Big hit, singer's first record (4) |
|
|
| To walk so doggedly may hit one hard (4) |
|
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| Work very hard (*logs) (4) |
|
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| No easy task |
Universal |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Tedious task |
Universal |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Tedious task |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Oct 2023 |
| Tedious trudge |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2023 |
| Tough trek |
Universal |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Tramp in trunks, cycling |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Walk wearily |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2023 |
| Wearisome task |
The Times Concise |
04 Aug 2023 |
| Spell of drudgery |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jul 2023 |
| Tiring journey |
New York Times |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Tedious job |
Universal |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jun 2023 |
| Plod heavily |
Premier Sunday |
11 Jun 2023 |
| Second record is a big hit |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Tiresome task |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2023 |
| Tedious task |
USA Today |
06 May 2023 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Mar 2023 |
| Laborious task |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2023 |
| Plod along |
Newsday |
25 Jan 2023 |
| Difficult, unfun chore |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Graft |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Nov 2022 |
| Tough walk |
Universal |
16 Nov 2022 |
| Something long and boring |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Laborious task |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Slow stretch |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2022 |
| Tough going |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Uphill climb |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2022 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2022 |
| Tedious task |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Trudge |
Universal |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Hours of grueling work, say |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jun 2022 |
| A three-hour movie might be described as one |
USA Today |
18 May 2022 |
| Second record – hard work |
|
|
| Arduous journey |
The Washington Post |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Arduous journey |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Spell of arduous work |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Trudge (through) |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2021 |
| Real grind |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Work hard |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Exhausting effort |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Laborious task |
Universal |
26 Aug 2021 |
| Real grind |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Real grind |
The Washington Post |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Tough go |
The Washington Post |
11 Jun 2021 |
| Tough go |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2021 |
| Arduous job, initially, sawing wood |
|
|
| Grind |
New York Times |
30 May 2021 |
| Second record is hard work |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Trudge |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Walk through mud |
Universal |
06 Feb 2021 |
| Trudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Feb 2021 |
| It's no fun at all |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2021 |
| Toil away |
|
|
| Trudge |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2021 |
| Laborious job |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2020 |
| Trudge (through) |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Toil wearily |
|
|
| Tedious task |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Nov 2020 |
| Grueling work |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Trudge through the mud |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Laborious process |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2020 |
| Long, hard work |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2020 |
| Work away, almost leisurely, to get a lot of money |
|
|
| To work herd, last of timber must be out on top |
|
|
| Very tiring work |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Jun 2020 |
| Laborious walk |
Newsday |
26 May 2020 |
| Long tedious task |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Apr 2020 |
| Tedious task |
USA Today |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Laborious walk |
LA Times Daily |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Laborious walk |
The Washington Post |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Walk through mud |
Newsday |
25 Nov 2019 |
| Hard stretch of work |
Newsday |
21 Nov 2019 |
| Walk heavily |
Premier Sunday |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Trudge |
Universal |
26 Oct 2019 |
| Work hard |
The Times Concise |
18 Oct 2019 |
| Painful proceeding |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Obstacle-filled endeavor |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Stroke requiring strenuous effort... |
|
|
| When it's missing leg, inclined to go for big hit |
|
|
| Walk laboriously |
Newsday |
14 May 2019 |
| Seemingly endless task |
Universal |
04 May 2019 |
| Trudge |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2019 |
| Make slow progress |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Apr 2019 |
| Obstacle-filled endeavor |
|
|
| Painful proceeding |
|
|
| Seemingly endless task |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| Do some hard labor |
|
|
| Tough going |
The Washington Post |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Tough going |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Hard work |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Work hard day and night |
|
|
| Trudge through mud |
Universal |
24 Oct 2018 |
| Wild cricket hit |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Aug 2018 |
| Trudge (through) |
The Washington Post |
08 Aug 2018 |
| Trudge (through) |
LA Times Daily |
08 Aug 2018 |
| Tough going |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2018 |
| Move through the mud |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Hard exertion |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Apr 2018 |
| Long, boring task |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Difficult endeavor |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Walk wearily |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Plod (through) |
The Washington Post |
10 Jan 2018 |
| Plod (through) |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2018 |
| Trudge through mud |
|
|
| Plod (through) |
|
|
| Tough going |
|
|
| Trudge (through) |
|
|
| Tough going |
|
|
| Long, boring task |
|
|
| Hard exertion |
|
|
| Difficult endeavor |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| Hard work |
|
|
| Move through the mud |
|
|
| Walk wearily |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2017 |
| Hard work |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Aug 2017 |
| Plod along |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2017 |
| Walk doggedly |
Universal |
15 Jul 2017 |
| Trudge, as through mud |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2017 |
| Long, tedious effort |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2017 |
| Plod |
Canadiana |
29 May 2017 |
| Uphill climb |
The Washington Post |
25 May 2017 |
| Uphill climb |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2017 |
| Laborious task |
New York Times |
16 May 2017 |
| Plod through mud |
USA Today |
03 May 2017 |
| Wade through mud |
USA Today |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Make slo-o-o-ow progress |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2017 |
| Interminable task |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2017 |
| Laborious task |
|
|
| Long, tedious effort |
|
|
| Make slo-o-o-ow progress |
|
|
| Plod through mud |
|
|
| Interminable task |
|
|
| Endless chore |
|
|
| Uphill climb |
|
|
| Walk doggedly |
|
|
| Walk wearily |
|
|
| Wade through mud |
|
|
| Trudge, as through mud |
|
|
| Rough going |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2016 |
| Left halfway through really good work |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Dec 2016 |
| Uphill climb, say |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2016 |
| Plod heavily |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Oct 2016 |
| Chinese money |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2016 |
| Exhausting task |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jul 2016 |
| Trudge, as through mud |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2016 |
| Tough march |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2016 |
| Rough going |
|
|
| Laborious process |
|
|
| Uphill climb, say |
|
|
| Struggle (through), as mud |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Move with effort |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Plod through the mud |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2015 |
| Make one's way through mud |
Universal |
20 May 2015 |
| Go through mud |
Jonesin |
09 Apr 2015 |
| Tough walk |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2015 |
| Trudge |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2015 |
| Tough go |
Newsday |
09 Jan 2015 |
| Make one's way through mud |
|
|
| Plod through the mud |
|
|
| Walk wearily |
|
|
| Trudge (through) |
|
|
| Tough go |
|
|
| Tough walk |
|
|
| Struggle (through), as mud |
|
|
| Plod along |
|
|
| Plug away |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| Walk laboriously, as through mud |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| Walk with effort |
|
|
| Walk heavily |
|
|
| Slow, hard progress |
|
|
| Tough trek |
|
|
| Move through muck |
|
|
| One is generally long and hard |
|
|
| Tough going |
|
|
| Wade (through) |
|
|
| Trudge through mud |
|
|
| Tramp |
|
|
| Walk wearily |
|
|
| Walk, as through mud |
|
|
| Hardly a quick task |
|
|
| Move through muck |
|
|
| Plod along |
|
|
| Move through muck |
|
|
| Go through mud |
|
|
| Move through muck |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| No walk in the park |
|
|
| Struggle (through) |
|
|
| Go, as through mud |
|
|
| Work hard |
|
|
| Plod (through) |
|
|
| Plod heavily |
|
|
| Go, as through mud |
|
|
| Plod along |
|
|
| Plod along |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| Plod through mud |
|
|
| Plod (through) |
|
|
| Long march |
|
|
| Trudge, as through mud |
|
|
| No walk in the park |
|
|
| Keep going through the mud |
|
|
| Plod heavily |
|
|
| Trudge, as through mud |
|
|
| Muddy trek |
|
|
| Move with effort |
|
|
| Move through the mire |
|
|
| Walk through the mud |
|
|
| Toil |
|
|
| Move through muck |
|
|
| Tiring walk |
|
|
| Maneuver through mud |
|
|
| Force one's way through mud |
|
|
| Unleisurely walk |
|
|
| Plod (through) |
|
|
| Muddy trek |
|
|
| Tiring walk |
|
|
| Wade through mud |
|
|
| Walk heavily and firmly |
|
|
| Plod |
|
|
| Plod through the mud |
|
|
| Trudge through sludge, e.g. |
|
|
| Plod through the mud |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| Plod, as through mud |
|
|
| Plod |
|
|
| March through mud, e.g. |
|
|
| Trudge, as through sludge |
|
|
| Wade through the surf |
|
|
| Long hike |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| Wade knee-deep |
|
|
| Walk with effort |
|
|
| March through mud |
|
|
| Laborious trip |
|
|
| Maneuver through muck |
|
|
| Tough march |
|
|
| Work hard |
|
|
| Plod through the mud |
|
|
| Plod along |
|
|
| Walk with difficulty |
|
|
| Walk through mud |
|
|
| Toil wearily |
|
|
| Walk through muck |
|
|
| Trudge |
|
|
| Wade through mud, e.g. |
|
|
| Marsh march |
|
|
| Move slowly |
|
|
| Plod, as through mud |
|
|
| Plod, as through mud |
|
|
| Muddy walk |
|
|
| Laborious work |
|
|
| Trudge through the mud |
|
|
| Trudge through the mire |
|
|
| Maneuver in the mud |
|
|
| Walk wearily |
|
|
| Force one's way through mud |
|
|
| Wade through the surf |
|
|
| Make it through the mud |
|
|
| Move through the mire |
|
|
| Wade through mud |
|
|
| Plod |
|
|
| Exhausting walk |
|
|
| Keep going |
|
|
| Toil wearily |
|
|
| Wade through water noisily |
|
|
| Move with difficulty |
|
|
| Walk laboriously |
|
|
| Wade through mud |
|
|
| Trudge in mud |
|
|
| Plow (through) |
|
|
| Trudge through sludge |
|
|
| March through mud |
|
|
| Walk with difficulty |
|
|
| Wade (through) |
|
|
| Trudge through the mire |
|
|
| Plug away |
|
|
| Plod through the mud |
|
|
| Plod through the mud |
|
|
| Walk, as through mud |
|
|
| Plod through the mud |
|
|
| Plod along |
|
|
| Long, tiring walk |
|
|
| Plod |
|
|
| Trek |
|
|
| Wade through the surf |
|
|
| Make one's way through mud |
|
|
| Exhausting hike |
|
|
| Work hard |
|
|
| Take a hike |
|
|
| Plod along |
|
|
| Work long and hard |
|
|
| Walk heavily |
|
|
| Work long and hard |
|
|
| Plod |
|
|
| Plod through clods |
|
|
| Plod through mud |
|
|
| Walk through a marsh |
|
|
| Walk through mud |
|
|
| Plod in mire |
|
|
| Long, exhausting march |
|
|
| Wade through slush |
|
|
| Move through mud |
|
|
| Plod in paludous places |
|
|
| Walk laboriously |
|
|
| Plod; toil |
|
|
| Plod through mire |
|
|
| Plod through the mud |
|
|
| Plod heavily |
|
|
| Hit hard |
|
|
| Tramp heavily |
|
|
| Aimless blow, as in cricket. |
|
|
| Strike heavily. |
|
|
| Hard blow. |
|
|
| Plod through mud. |
|
|
| Work long and hard |
|
|
| Plod, as through mud. |
|
|
| Tough uphill climb |
|
|
| Proceed toilsomely. |
|
|
| Long, arduous job |
|
|
| Trudge doggedly. |
|
|
| Plod. |
|
|
| Plod heavily. |
|
|
| What a tough job feels like |
|
|
| Plod or toil. |
|
|
| Walk heavily. |
|
|
| Hit hard. |
|
|
| Toil. |
|
|
| Heavy blow. |
|
|
| Plod doggedly. |
|
|
| Go through mud. |
|
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| Plod through mire. |
|
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