Should have struggled to get the top off (5) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OUGHT Should have struggled to get the top off (5) (5)
7% UNCAP Take the top off (5) Universal Dec 15, 2025
7% ITSLATE "I should get going" (7) LA Times Daily Nov 30, 2025
7% SCALE Get to the top of (5) LA Times Daily Nov 13, 2025
7% STUCKON Struggling to get over, say (7) LA Times Daily Oct 23, 2025
6% THROES Painful struggles (6) Wall Street Journal Dec 16, 2025
6% EWER We're off to get a jug (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Dec 14, 2025
6% PEEPSHOW Comedy series go, and I should have mentioned how (8) The Telegraph Toughie Dec 12, 2025
6% OPTS Gets off the fence (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 11, 2025
6% RAIL Bar likely to break, top sheared off (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 11, 2025
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