Work like a dog
The crossword clue "Work like a dog" is answered by TOIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
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TOIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOIL answer page.
Used 27 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 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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- BUSTONESHUMP (1 uses in xd)
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