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
7% OWE Come up short, maybe (3) LA Times Daily Aug 24, 2025
6% ALL "Come one, come ___!" (3)
6% IRIS Plant, one to come up endlessly (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 16, 2025
6% ARISES Comes up (6) USA Today Sep 8, 2025
6% AHEAD Coming up (5) Commuter Sep 8, 2025
6% ARISE Come up (5) Commuter Sep 2, 2025
6% FIB "I had something come up," maybe (3) New York Times Aug 20, 2025
6% STALE Hard, in a way (5) USA Today Aug 10, 2025
5% SLOB One who's slow to pick things up (4) New York Times Sep 27, 2025

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