Hard on pencils one had shortly sharpened (5) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HONED Hard on pencils one had shortly sharpened (5) (5)
7% STUBS Pencils that are hard to sharpen (5) LA Times Daily Jan 28, 2024
6% HONE Sharpen (4) Eugene Sheffer Feb 9, 2026
6% ASEC In -- (shortly) (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 29, 2026
6% WHET Sharpen (4) The Times Concise Jan 20, 2026
6% TIMBERLINE "Pencils down!," for one? (10) LA Times Daily Dec 19, 2025
6% NUB Pencil that may not be sharpened any further (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 10, 2025
6% IMPROVEAPOINT Sharpen the pencil? (13)
6% APOINT Sharpen a pencil? (6)
6% RETIP Sharpen a pencil (5)
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