Tough as ___
The crossword clue "Tough as ___" is answered by NAILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NAILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAILS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NAILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAILS, most used first.
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- Symbol of hardness. - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Manicure targets - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Symbols of hardness - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Carpenter's supply - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Hammer targets - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Hard as ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Mani-pedi targets - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Tough puzzle - POSER, used 30 times
- Tough question - POSER, used 27 times
- Tough tests - ORALS, used 19 times
- In a tough spot - TREED, used 17 times
- Tough nut to crack - POSER, used 16 times
- Tough to climb - STEEP, used 16 times
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