Work long and hard
The crossword clue "Work long and hard" is answered by SLOG, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2009. 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
SLOG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLOG answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2009. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SLOG
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLOG, most used first.
- Trudge - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Tedious task - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Plod - used 21 times, most recently in 2007
- Plod along - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Walk heavily - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Plod through the mud - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Plod heavily - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Plod (through) - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Walk wearily - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Trudge (through) - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Walk through mud - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Plod through mud - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Toil - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Trudge through mud - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Wade through mud - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Work hard - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Arduous journey - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Laborious task - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Tough going - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- And others: Abbr. - ETAL, used 329 times
- __ and crafts - ARTS, used 303 times
- Black-and-white cookie - OREO, used 272 times
- Work units - ERGS, used 256 times
- Long story - SAGA, used 247 times
- Chills and fever - AGUE, used 232 times
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