Last seen in:
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,676 - Oct 17 2023
- Jonesin' - Oct 3 2017
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 28,307 - Dec 26 2016
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 27,945 - Oct 29 2015
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 27,457 - Apr 7 2014
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 26,589 - Jun 27 2011
- Premier Sunday - King Feature Syndicate - Jul 12 2009
- Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Dec 13 2008
- L.A. Times Daily - Nov 18 2005
- Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Jan 15 2005
Related Clues:
- Requiring hard work
- Fatiguing (task)
- Steep; laborious
- Difficult (struggle)
- (Of struggle) difficult
- Towards top of slope
- ... conducting exam is stressful
- Needing much effort to place paintings in book
- Vigorous work on sutures
- Hard nut so sure to be in trouble
- Requiring great exertion
- Difficult road with sharp bend - that's nothing, in Oz!
- Towards the top of a slope
- Difficult, tiring
- Inclined to be difficult