Difficult Crossword Clue

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Difficult Crossword Answer

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TAXING

(6 letters)

TRYING

(6 letters)

UPHILL

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
2. unfortunate or hard to bear
(adverb)
1. with firmness
2. slowly and with difficulty

Hint 2: Clue Definition

DIFFICULT (adjective)
1. hard to control
2. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

TAXING
(6 letters)
TRYING
(6 letters)
UPHILL
(6 letters)

More Universal Crossword (6/17/2026) Answers

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21. "___ the beet!" (vegetable pun)

22. It's not true

23. Jar top

24. More mean

27. *Fast-food sandwich option (... letters 4-6)

33. Korean carmaker

34. "I've got my ___ on you"

35. Tats

36. Bro or sis

38. "Chandelier" singer

41. "Blueberries for ___" (kid-lit classic)

44. Some MMA wins

46. Tent protector

47. *"My goodness!" (... letters 10-13)

50. Orchestra leader

52. Yes, in French

53. Actress de Armas

54. Frozen solid?

57. Tour group vehicle

60. Operative in each starred clue's answer, because of the word a row above it?

64. Word before "lips" or "tea"

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69. Out of practice

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Down

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2. Apt rhyme for 'greet'

3. Point-of-sale device, often

4. Mister

5. Gesture of gratitude

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7. "WandaVision" actor Peters

8. Pressed sandwich

9. Snake featured in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"

10. Minnesota Wild's org.

11. Give a hand to

12. Lamp spirit

13. Marine mammal with a "rock pocket"

18. "Firefly" actor Alan

19. Astronaut's domain

23. Trippy drug

25. It's the limit in an idiom

26. Golf ball stand

27. Greek X

28. Bled, like colored fabric

29. Irritate

30. Prefix with gender

31. 17-syllable poem

37. Fuzzy scarf

38. ___ Tome and Principe

39. Offline, online

40. Bonobo e.g.

41. Help

42. Key near Ctrl

43. A Chorus Line

45. Really scrub

46. "Don't tell me any more!"

47. Direct

48. Stop progressing, like an investigation

49. Live-in caretaker

50. Attacks viciously

51. Irritate

55. Happily ___ after

56. Refute

57. Some kings or queens

58. Military squad

59. Stick around

61. Key for closing a window?

62. In medias ___

63. Wildebeest

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