| --> ____ AHEAD" |
USA Today Quick |
25 Aug 2025 |
| "Dirty ___," song by Steely Dan that might bring out your green thumb and a pair of muddy gloves |
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| Topic addressed in Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" |
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| Toil |
Family Time |
08 Jun 2025 |
| 2010s series: Rhod Gilbert's _ Experience (4) |
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| Paid employment |
Mirror Classic |
11 May 2025 |
| "We Can ___ It Out" (Beatle song) (4) |
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| It may take less if it's set for reception (4) |
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| Stop __ order: bad news on a construction site |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2025 |
| 9-to-5 activity |
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| We Can ___ It Out, Beatles song (4) |
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| Paid employment |
Mirror Classic |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Earn a living |
Commuter |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Be functional |
The Times Sunday Concise |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Function, labour |
The Sun Mini |
02 Sep 2024 |
| It equals force times displacement |
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| Can be creative; novel, perhaps |
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| Paid job (4) |
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| A literary composition |
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| Employment |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jul 2024 |
| How many workers does it take to change a lightbulb? (4,5,4,5,4) |
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| Chore getting rook into frying-pan |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Succeed in paid employment (4) |
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| Labour |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jun 2024 |
| But it could be one to play (4) |
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| It's still a ___ in progress |
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| To carry on operations in a kind of shop (4) |
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| Labour, toil |
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| Occupation |
The Times Concise |
21 Jan 2024 |
| Knead right inside pan |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Nine-to-five routine |
Universal |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Word with "home" to mean school assignments |
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| Get the job done |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2023 |
| Toil |
Family Time |
22 Jan 2023 |
| See 1 |
The Guardian Quiptic |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Employment |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Sep 2022 |
| Toil |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Jun 2022 |
| Get down to business |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2022 |
| ___-life balance |
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| Sid leaves Skid Row to take a job |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Operate |
The Times Concise |
05 Nov 2021 |
| Labor |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2021 |
| Operate properly |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2021 |
| End of a Ross Thatcher quote |
Canadiana |
05 Apr 2021 |
| ___-life balance |
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| Function properly |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2021 |
| Function |
The Times Concise |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Function |
The Washington Post |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Function |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2021 |
| "___ Song," song by Hozier from his self-titled debut album |
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| Get down to business |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jan 2021 |
| 9-to-5 activity |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2020 |
| 2016 Rihanna hit |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2020 |
| Chore getting rook into frying-pan |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Nov 2020 |
| Labour |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Nov 2020 |
| "Make it ___," catchphrase used by Tim Gunn on the reality show "Project Runway" |
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| Forms to process |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2020 |
| Ending for 'right to' or 'put to' |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2020 |
| See 67-Across |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Aug 2020 |
| A massive hit from 2016 by Rihanna featuring Drake |
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| Sid leaves Skid Row to take a job |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 May 2020 |
| Employment |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2020 |
| Employment |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2020 |
| Most of 13 down in Labour |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Feb 2020 |
| Anything made or done |
The Times Concise |
18 Dec 2019 |
| Labour |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Toil |
LA Times Daily |
29 Oct 2019 |
| Toil |
The Washington Post |
29 Oct 2019 |
| __ load |
The Washington Post |
25 Oct 2019 |
| __ load |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Drudgery |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Have the desired effect |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Do the job |
Jonesin |
12 Mar 2019 |
| Be employed in Hounslow or Kennington |
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| Toil |
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| __ load |
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| "All ___ and no play" (toil continuously) |
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| When things get too tiring, it's time to take a break! What are you taking a vacation from? (1/3) Daily 9-to-5 activity |
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| With 28-Across, tireless sort |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2018 |
| With 28-Across, tireless sort |
The Washington Post |
14 May 2018 |
| 2016 #1 hit for Rihanna, which can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 59-Across |
LA Times Daily |
14 Mar 2018 |
| 2016 #1 hit for Rihanna, which can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 59-Across |
The Washington Post |
14 Mar 2018 |
| With 28-Across, tireless sort |
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| Do the trick |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
27 Oct 2017 |
| Occupation |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jul 2017 |
| Do a shift |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2017 |
| No arena in Korean War to do the job |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 May 2017 |
| Argument about final bank job |
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| Monotonous song |
The Times Concise |
07 Feb 2017 |
| Employment |
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| Do the trick |
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| Do a shift |
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| Do the trick |
The Washington Post |
06 Apr 2016 |
| Do the job |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2015 |
| Opposite of play |
USA Today |
20 Aug 2015 |
| Join the rat race |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2015 |
| Be employed |
Family Time |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Prove effective |
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| Join the rat race |
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| Opposite of play |
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| Do the job |
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| Earn a living |
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| Something cited in a citation |
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| Do the trick |
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| Get down to business |
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| Operate properly |
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| The end of art? |
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| Get the job done |
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| Get the job done |
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| Operate properly |
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| *Function as promised |
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| *Function as promised |
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| Come out all right |
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| Need after being canned |
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| A bummer for bums |
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| Cry made while cracking a whip, maybe |
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| Slacker's bane |
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| Labor |
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| Nine-to-five routine |
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| Succeed, with "out" |
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| Nine-to-five routine |
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| Function |
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| Succeed |
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| Succeed, with "out" |
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| Résumé sender's goal |
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| Run properly |
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| Nine-to-five routine, and hint to this puzzle's theme |
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| Have an effect |
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| #16 |
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| Nine-to-five routine, and hint to this puzzle's theme |
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| Put in one's eight hours |
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| Put in one's eight hours |
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| Succeed |
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| See 61-Across |
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| See 61-Across |
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| Join the rat race |
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| Job |
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| Employment |
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| Task |
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| Toil |
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| "The refuge of people who have nothing better to do," according to Oscar Wilde |
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| Do the trick |
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| Drudgery |
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| Labor |
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| Nine-to-five destination |
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| Get down to business |
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| Get down to business |
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| Function |
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| Productive activity |
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| Function |
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| With 53-Down, production line progress |
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| Type of horse |
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| Labor |
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| Get the job done |
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| Productive activity |
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| Occupation |
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| Exertion |
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| Word with horse or house |
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| Lead-in for -aholic |
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| Labor |
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| Have an effect (on) |
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| Function |
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| Pursuit |
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| Something to whistle at |
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| Operate properly |
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| Have an effect |
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| Commuter's destination |
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| Operate properly |
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| "The office" |
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| Operate effectively |
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| Toil away (at) |
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| Labor |
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| Vocation |
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| Operate |
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| Employment |
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| See 35 Across |
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| Be employed |
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| Word with make or piece |
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| "___ Without Hope": Coleridge |
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| Solve, as a puzzle |
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| Idler's anathema |
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| Opus or employment |
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| Part of W.P.A. |
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| Dulling influence for Jack |
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| Go |
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| Production |
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| Operate. |
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| Toil or moil. |
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| Opus. |
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| Opus |
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| Profession. |
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| Craft. |
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| Right to ___. |
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| "What a piece of ___ is a man!" |
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| Trade. |
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| Every man's right. |
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