Footballer on the up - hard worker and big beast! (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ELEPHANT Footballer on the up - hard worker and big beast! (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 31, 2024
8% TOILERS Hard workers (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 7, 2025
7% HIPPO Big African beast (5) Newsday Aug 27, 2025
7% VINNIE Hard ex-footballer Jones (6) The Telegraph Quick Aug 16, 2025
6% BEHEMOTH Beast (8) New York Times Sep 12, 2025
6% ASS Beast of burden (3) LA Times Daily Sep 3, 2025
6% THE "Beauty and ___ Beast" (3)
6% OXEN Yoked beasts (4) Universal Aug 30, 2025
6% GROVEL Creep runs into Tory big beast on line (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 27, 2025
6% AND Beauty ____ the Beast (3) The Telegraph Mini Aug 27, 2025

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