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 Apple+ Crossword (6/9/2025) Answers

Across

1. Like text that's tilted to the right for emphasis

7. Nonglossy lipsticks

13. Provides comfort to

15. Barely manage to achieve

16. Accessory with charms

18. The Song of the Lioness author Pierce

19. "That's ___ of your business"

20. Worm with suckers

22. Clever tactic

23. Fashion style for people who don't want to stand out from the crowd

25. For free

29. Put on a ___ (idolize)

33. Luxury watch brand

34. Place to avoid phone use, in a sleep-hygiene practice

35. Where someone might have a favorite burner

36. Particle with a swarm of electrons

37. Sales ___ square foot (measure of success for a store)

38. Achieve

39. Very ingrained

42. Casino calculations

43. Evaluates on Antiques Roadshow

45. Overly theatrical

48. On the receiving ___

49. "Now, on the topic of ..."

53. Body part that smells

54. Treatment for menopause symptoms

55. Home of Sophocles and Euripides

56. Lemme do it!

58. Backup slot in case bad weather forces a postponement

60. Athlete with a sword

61. Drive that might be primal

62. Color associated with communism

63. Like a rope that's starting to unravel

64. Fermented honey drink

65. Pig's home

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Down

1. Number accompanying a book's bar code

2. Bull in Spanish

3. TV critic Sepinwall

4. Shoe part that can be used to open a locked car

5. Contents of a tray in the freezer

6. Instruments played by Yo-Yo Ma

7. Way of doing something

8. Abbreviation before an alias

9. Buffeted around by a storm

10. Wrench or pliers

11. Currency with a "zone"

12. "Don't leave!"

14. Person who predicts the future

17. Angry outburst

21. Included on an email

23. Veto

24. ___ assured . . .

25. Diploma recipient

26. Repetitive technique for learning

27. ___ vera

28. Company that finds short-term workers

30. Animal scientifically classified as a type of frog

31. Enthusiastic

32. Part of a camera or a telescope

34. "I hate to be the ___ of bad news ..."

37. ___ talk (morale-boosting speech)

38. Streaming-video interruptions

40. Secret agent

41. Holiday that marks the end of Ramadan

44. The E in ERA, in baseball

45. Try to figure out where a smell is coming from

46. Jenga construction

47. Yoga position

50. Phobias

51. Group of eight

52. Like an oboe's sound

55. More than mega-

57. French word that's like 8-Down for birth names

59. "Several people ___ typing ..." (message displayed during a heated discussion on Discord)

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