Adjective maybe for one who's come up the hard way Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% QUALIFIER Adjective maybe for one who's come up the hard way (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Jul 16, 2016
6% ARISE Come up (5) Commuter Dec 8, 2025
5% TOP One-up (3) Universal Jan 8, 2026
5% ASCENT Way up (6) LA Times Daily Jan 4, 2026
5% SEW Patch up, in a way (3)
5% RECUR Keep coming up (5) New York Times Jan 2, 2026
5% INFLOW Money coming your way (6) Universal Jan 2, 2026
5% ALOFT Way up high (5) Newsday Jan 2, 2026
5% LENIENT Not hard (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 2, 2026
5% GLITTER Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff (7) New York Times Dec 30, 2025

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