Proceed tediously
The crossword clue "Proceed tediously" is answered by PLOD, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PLOD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLOD answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PLOD
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLOD, most used first.
- Trudge - used 202 times, most recently in 2026
- Walk heavily - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Walk wearily - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Trudge along - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Walk with heavy steps - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
- Proceed slowly - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Drudge - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
- Lumber along - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Slog - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Walk with effort - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Move slowly - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Walk with weariness - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Move laboriously - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Lumber - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Make slow progress - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Walk laboriously - used 7 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.
- Proceed - WEND, used 39 times
- Proceed smoothly - FLOW, used 11 times
- ___ one's way (proceed along) - WEND, used 8 times
- __ one's way (proceed) - WEND, used 7 times
- Proceed along - WEND, used 7 times
- Proceed easily (through) - SAIL, used 6 times
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