Works up a sweat
The crossword clue "Works up a sweat" is answered by TOILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
TOILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOILS answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TOILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TOILS, most used first.
- Works hard - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Labors - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Plugs away - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Slaves away - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Breaks one's back - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Works like a dog - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Grinds away - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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- Icelandic literary works - EDDAS, used 16 times
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