Not so tough
The crossword clue "Not so tough" is answered by EASIER, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1930. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EASIER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EASIER answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1930. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TENDERER (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for EASIER
Every other clue in this collection answered by EASIER, most used first.
- Less taxing - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Less difficult - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Less demanding - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Less challenging - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Less complex - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Not as hard - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Not as tough - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Requiring less effort - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Less arduous - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Less complicated - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Less strict - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Not as knotty - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Checkers, compared to chess - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Not as difficult - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Not digital - ANALOG, used 66 times
- Not moving - ATREST, used 48 times
- Not quite - ALMOST, used 48 times
- Not optional - NEEDED, used 38 times
- Not out - ATHOME, used 38 times
- Not as fresh - STALER, used 31 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.