The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MOILS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Slaves away, old-style crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOILS | 100 % | 5 |
Why may MOILS be the right solution?
The answer "MOILS" is the right solution because it means to work hard or labor, which fits the clue "slaves away, old-style."
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Crossword Answer definitions
MOILS noun- Hard work.
- Confusion, turmoil.
- A spot; a defilement.
- To toil, to work hard.
- To churn continually; to swirl.
- To defile or dirty.
- The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
- (blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).
- The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
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