The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LABORED , but the solution may also be TENSE which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in New York Times).
Not easy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LABORED | 33 % | 7 |
| HARDISH | 33 % | 7 |
| TENSE | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not easy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- difficult
- hard
- challenging
- tough
- hardy
- toughness
- formidable
- hardly
- hardened
- hardness
- testing
- tore
Crossword Answer definitions
LABORED verb- To toil, to work.
- To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
- Expressive of strenuous effort.
- Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result LABORED
- Worked like a dog
- Contrived
- Did drudgery
- Toiled
- Worked hard
- What Gilliatt did in "Toilers of the Sea."
- Done with great exertion.
- Not natural.
- Not easy.
- Done with great effort.