| Period of work |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Apr 2026 |
| Brief period |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2026 |
| Spare money in street (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Mar 2026 |
| Tour of duty |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2026 |
| Tour of duty |
Newsday |
03 Feb 2026 |
| Period of time in a job, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Jan 2026 |
| Spell |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2026 |
| Limited work assignment |
LA Times Mini |
14 Dec 2025 |
| Work shift |
Newsday |
09 Nov 2025 |
| Period of work |
Commuter |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Limited assignment |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Period of work |
Commuter |
08 Oct 2025 |
| Brief job |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Period of work |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Be sparing with; allotted period of work |
The Telegraph Mini |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Period of work |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Service period |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Aug 2025 |
| Period of work |
Commuter |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Spell 'just in time' partially |
|
|
| Length of time spent in a particular way (5) |
Puzzler |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Brief period of work |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2025 |
| 4. Have a turn at finding can in street (5)| |
|
|
| Service period |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Job in the gig economy |
USA Today |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Period of work |
New York Times Mini |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Allotted amount of time |
|
|
| Most interesting part of a day's work (5) |
|
|
| Stretch |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Scrimp |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Feb 2025 |
| An allotted or fixed period of work (5) |
|
|
| Stretch |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Period of work |
Commuter |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Shift or innings (5) |
|
|
| Stretch of work |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Be stingy with small bird (5) |
|
|
| Keep short holy one holding can (5) |
|
|
| Time to invest money in street (5) |
|
|
| Be sparing |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Task set for the little saint - hide the tin! (5) |
|
|
| Be niggardly with a work allocation (5) |
|
|
| Brief period of employment |
|
|
| To be niggardly with money in the street (5) |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
Newsday |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Time on a job |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Time in the Navy |
LA Times Mini |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Time on a job |
Newsday |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Stretch of time at a job |
|
|
| Period on a job |
Universal |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Restrict time at work (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Period of time |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2024 |
| Brief job |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Be niggardly for a spell (5) |
|
|
| Time spent working (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
21 May 2024 |
| Fixed spell of work |
|
|
| Stingily allot (but not a portmanteau) (5) |
|
|
| Worktime that's in your best interests (5) |
|
|
| Allotted amount of time |
|
|
| Time at a job |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Be frugal about spell of duty (5) |
|
|
| Stay |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Tenure |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Fixed amount of work (5) |
|
|
| Allotted amount of work (5) |
|
|
| Allotted amount of work |
|
|
| Preserve in stone a fixed amount (5) |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Brief period of work |
TV |
21 Jan 2024 |
| Set amount of work |
|
|
| Period on a job |
USA Today |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Duration of employment |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Stretch of time at a gig |
|
|
| Skimp (on) |
The Times Concise |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Work stretch |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Stretch |
Newsday |
03 Jun 2023 |
| Spell 'just in time' using only some of the letters |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Tour of duty |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Brief job |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Period of work |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2023 |
| Time on a job |
USA Today |
01 Mar 2023 |
| Be frugal |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2023 |
| Tour of duty |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2023 |
| Stretch of work |
Universal |
29 Dec 2022 |
| What a soldier serves |
Universal |
22 Dec 2022 |
| Stretch |
New York Times |
21 Dec 2022 |
| Stretch |
LA Times Daily |
02 Sep 2022 |
| Tour of duty |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Spell seabird‘s singular shade |
|
|
| Stretch on the job |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Service period |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 May 2022 |
| Period of time |
USA Today |
09 May 2022 |
| Brief job |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Apr 2022 |
| Work shift |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Period of work |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Feb 2022 |
| Brief period of work |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Time in the service |
|
|
| Short gig |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2022 |
| Service period |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Dec 2021 |
| Work period |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
LA Times Daily |
14 Dec 2021 |
| Duration of employment |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2021 |
| Be miserly |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2021 |
| Stretch |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Stretch |
|
|
| Job to do |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Period of time |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Tour of duty |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Period of work |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2021 |
| Period of work |
|
|
| Bird's set task |
|
|
| Work duration |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Tour of duty |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2021 |
| Time on a job |
|
|
| Be too frugal |
Premier Sunday |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Period of work |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jan 2021 |
| Shift cycling shades |
|
|
| Work period |
|
|
| Spell isn't broken on time |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2020 |
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Service period |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Migrant with spare brass appearing in street |
|
|
| Be frugal |
Wall Street Journal |
27 May 2020 |
| Term's somewhat lost in translation |
|
|
| Work shift |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2020 |
| Period of time |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2019 |
| Be tightfisted |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Tour of duty |
Family Time |
03 Nov 2019 |
| A session of work |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Service period |
|
|
| Service period |
LA Times Daily |
17 Aug 2019 |
| Time in the service |
USA Today |
22 Jun 2019 |
| Be frugal |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Period of work |
|
|
| Save money |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2019 |
| Period of work |
|
|
| Service period |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Save money |
|
|
| Time in the service |
|
|
| Brief job |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Sep 2018 |
| Service period |
|
|
| Hitch or shift |
Universal |
03 Jun 2018 |
| Tour of duty |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Hitch or shift |
|
|
| Stretch on the job |
|
|
| Time in the army, say |
USA Today |
07 Nov 2017 |
| Economize just in time? Several outsiders lost |
|
|
| Stretch on the job |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2017 |
| Stretch on the job |
|
|
| Allotted period of work |
The Times Concise |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Stretch of work |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Aug 2017 |
| Time spent on duty |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2017 |
| Hitch |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2017 |
| Hitch |
|
|
| Stretch |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2017 |
| Stretch |
|
|
| Tour in the service |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Time spent on duty |
|
|
| Stretch on the job |
|
|
| Time in the army, say |
|
|
| Hitch |
|
|
| Wading bird's singular colour |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Oct 2016 |
| Fixed period of work |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Limited work assignment |
Universal |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Shift inside just in time to tighten belts |
|
|
| Time on the job |
USA Today |
20 May 2016 |
| Time on the job |
|
|
| Limited work assignment |
|
|
| Twelve-hour shift, e.g |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2015 |
| Tour of duty |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Dec 2015 |
| Brief spell |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Oct 2015 |
| Sandpiper |
|
|
| Be economical |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2015 |
| Work period |
|
|
| Period of duty |
|
|
| Twelve-hour shift, e.g. |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Time on the job |
|
|
| Be economical |
|
|
| Assigned period of work |
|
|
| Temp job duration |
|
|
| Stretch in the service |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Time on the job |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Piece of work |
|
|
| Time spent doing time, say |
|
|
| Stretch at work? |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Be less than generous |
|
|
| Time on the job |
|
|
| Time on the job |
|
|
| Stretch on the job |
|
|
| Hitch |
|
|
| Time served |
|
|
| Stretch |
|
|
| Stretch |
|
|
| Term of employment |
|
|
| Period of time served |
|
|
| Hitch |
|
|
| Stretch in the service |
|
|
| Stretch of time |
|
|
| Act miserly |
|
|
| Time of service |
|
|
| Unbroken work period |
|
|
| Really economize |
|
|
| Time in the service |
|
|
| Work assignment |
|
|
| Period of duty |
|
|
| Stretch |
|
|
| Time on the job |
|
|
| Army hitch, e.g. |
|
|
| Stretch in the service |
|
|
| Be sparing |
|
|
| Spell |
|
|
| Time in the Army, e.g. |
|
|
| Time in the Army, e.g. |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Spell |
|
|
| Period of time served |
|
|
| Period of time served |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Economize |
|
|
| Time on a job |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Pinch pennies |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Time in the army, say |
|
|
| Be parsimonious |
|
|
| Economize |
|
|
| Period spent at a particular job |
|
|
| Time spent on the job |
|
|
| Bit of work |
|
|
| Really economize |
|
|
| Work period |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Assignment |
|
|
| Twelve-hour shift, e.g. |
|
|
| Piece of work found in this puzzle's longer entries |
|
|
| Army hitch, e.g. |
|
|
| Be parsimonious |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Cut corners |
|
|
| Hitch |
|
|
| Time in the service |
|
|
| Time in the service |
|
|
| Stretch |
|
|
| Economize |
|
|
| Time on the job |
|
|
| Be miserly |
|
|
| Term of employment, e.g. |
|
|
| Be sparing |
|
|
| Give ungenerously |
|
|
| Stretch |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Pinch pennies |
|
|
| Be miserly |
|
|
| Hitch |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Tour |
|
|
| Stretch of activity |
|
|
| Live on a minimum salary |
|
|
| Be a bit too frugal |
|
|
| Be sparing |
|
|
| Practice frugality |
|
|
| Spell |
|
|
| Stretch |
|
|
| Tour of duty |
|
|
| Economize |
|
|
| Be frugal |
|
|
| Task |
|
|
| Period of time spent at a particular job |
|
|
| Job shift |
|
|
| Pinch pennies |
|
|
| More than economize |
|
|
| Scrimp |
|
|
| Brief job |
|
|
| Term |
|
|
| Time spent on the job |
|
|
| Shift |
|
|
| Be sparing |
|
|
| Restrict |
|
|
| Watch the budget |
|
|
| Emulate Scrooge |
|
|
| Limit |
|
|
| Term of employment |
|
|
| Be less than generous |
|
|
| Piece of work |
|
|
| Limited work assignment |
|
|
| Task |
|
|
| Short period |
|
|
| Squeeze every nickel |
|
|
| Brief job |
|
|
| Work assignment |
|
|
| Be mingy |
|
|
| Bit of work |
|
|
| Issue short rations |
|
|
| Chore |
|
|
| Limit |
|
|
| Sandpiper |
|
|
| Restraint |
|
|
| Give sparingly |
|
|
| Limitation |
|
|
| Restrain |
|
|
| Period of service, as in the Army |
|
|
| Use sparingly |
|
|
| Assigned task |
|
|
| Small sandpiper |
|
|
| Chore |
|
|
| Duty |
|
|
| Hitch |
|
|
| Limited term of duty |
|
|
| Restriction |
|
|
| Job |
|
|
| Show frugality |
|
|
| Gig for Severinsen |
|
|
| Be stingy with |
|
|
| Work shift |
|
|
| Assigned duty |
|
|
| Confine |
|
|
| Allotted amount |
|
|
| Allotment |
|
|
| Chore. |
|
|
| Assigned task. |
|
|
| Treat stingily. |
|
|
| Piece of work. |
|
|
| Time on the job |
|
|
| Temp job duration |
|
|
| Prescribed task. |
|
|
| Day's work. |
|
|
| Thing to do. |
|
|
| Act frugally. |
|
|
| Task. |
|
|
| Small sandpiper. |
|
|
| A definite task prescribed. |
|
|
| Bout of work. |
|
|
| Fixed task. |
|
|
| Limit. |
|
|
| Period of work. |
|
|
| Be frugal. |
|
|
| Allotted amount. |
|
|
| Serve scantily. |
|
|
| Task to do. |
|
|
| Give meagerly. |
|
|
| Job of work. |
|
|
| Task assigned. |
|
|
| Spell of work. |
|
|
| Restrict. |
|
|
| Job. |
|
|
| Confine. |
|
|
| Limitation. |
|
|