Speaker's hard blow for excessively diligent pupil (4) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SWOT Speaker's hard blow for excessively diligent pupil (4) (4) The Guardian Quick Cryptic May 16, 2026
58% SOCK Hard blow (4) Puzzler Backwords May 2, 2026
56% APPLICATION Hard work, diligence (11) (11) Puzzler Jun 4, 2026
47% STUDIER Diligent pupil (7) Wall Street Journal Nov 21, 2015
47% STUDIERS Diligent pupils (8)
45% OVERLY Excessively (6) Universal May 22, 2026
45% KNUCKLINGDOWN Working diligently (13) The Times Concise Apr 14, 2026
43% TNT That blows! (3) The Atlantic Jun 4, 2026
43% TUTEE Private pupil (5) LA Times Daily Jun 4, 2026
43% IRIS Pupil's surroundings (4) New York Times May 21, 2026

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