Difficult duty
The crossword clue "Difficult duty" is answered by ONUS, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ONUS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONUS answer page.
Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ONUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ONUS, most used first.
- Burden - used 687 times, most recently in 2026
- Responsibility - used 227 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavy burden - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Burden of proof - used 86 times, most recently in 2019
- Obligation - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Cross to bear - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Blame - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
- Heavy load - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Weight - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavy duty - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Big burden - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Difficult burden - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Difficult - HARD, used 129 times
- Difficult journey - TREK, used 92 times
- Make less difficult - EASE, used 75 times
- Not difficult - EASY, used 65 times
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