Painful effort Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Painful effort last seen in New York Times puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TRAVAIL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TRAVAIL Painful effort (7) New York Times Oct 13, 2022
33% TOIL Advance with painful effort. (4)
3% DIET Losing effort? (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 13, 2025
3% ACHE Be painful (4) (4) Puzzler Sep 13, 2025
3% STABS Unconfident efforts (5) Newsday Sep 11, 2025
3% HOIST Lift with effort (5) USA Today Sep 10, 2025
3% PAYS Is worth the effort (4) New York Times Sep 6, 2025
3% AGAME Best effort (5) Commuter Sep 4, 2025
3% BGAME Mediocre effort (5) Universal Sep 4, 2025
3% ACTIVELY With positive effort (8) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 3, 2025

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