Starts or ends a day of drudgery Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PUNCHESTHECLOCK Starts or ends a day of drudgery (15) Wall Street Journal Jan 30, 2024
3% BEDTIME End of the day (7) (7) Puzzler Nov 26, 2025
3% MID Prefix with "night" to start the next day (3)
3% DAWNING Start day showing signs of tiredness? Not initially (7) The Telegraph Toughie Nov 11, 2025
3% SLOG Bit of drudgery (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 27, 2025
3% TAPS Day-ending tune (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 25, 2025
3% SUNUP/DOWN One end of the day (10) New York Times Aug 27, 2025
2% EVENING Gin Neve mixes at the end of the day (7) (7) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 27, 2025
2% HRS Day divs. (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 25, 2025
2% YORE Days of __ (4) LA Times Daily Nov 23, 2025

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