It's difficult to be hard and inflexible (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STIFF It's difficult to be hard and inflexible (5) (5)
91% RIGOR Inflexibility (5) Commuter Sep 11, 2025
87% RIGID Firm, inflexible (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 7, 2025
83% HARD Difficult (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 22, 2025
83% TRICKY Difficult (6) The Telegraph Quick Oct 2, 2025
79% SPOT Difficult position (4) New York Times Nov 16, 2025
79% ONTHESPOT In a difficult position (9) Wall Street Journal Nov 12, 2025
79% SECT Charlie infiltrating inflexible cult (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 10, 2025
79% SCRAPE Difficult predicament (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 4, 2025
79% SLOG Difficult task (4) Commuter Oct 17, 2025
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