Answer: HARD
HARD is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 126 times.
Referring Clues:
- Like Hannah's heart, in song
 - Like a Friday crossword
 - Like some candy
 - Brainbusting
 - Granitelike
 - Arduous
 - Stony
 - Brain-busting
 - Knotty
 - Verifiable, as facts
 - Like some cider
 - Not liquidy
 - Steellike
 - Rocklike
 - Compact
 - Difficult
 - "Log Cabin and __ Cider" (William Henry Harrison slogan)
 - Obdurate
 - ___ as a diamond
 - Like a diamond
 - Strongly alcoholic
 - Like whiskey, as opposed to wine
 - Like a rock
 - Partner of fast
 - Mind-boggling
 - Like some hats or knocks
 - Firmly formed
 - Word with copy or candy
 - Not a walk in the park
 - With 57-Across, a nautical command
 - Tough
 - "A ___ Day's Night"
 - Challenging
 - Like some facts
 - Unlike a picnic?
 - Forcefully
 - "A __ Day's Night"
 - Unyielding
 - Mohs scale adjective
 - Word that can precede the first word of the six longest puzzle answers
 - Rocky
 - Impenetrable
 - Tough to crack
 - Tough to solve
 - Troublesome
 - No picnic
 - Rock-like
 - Thorny
 - Nearly unsolvable
 - Like some crosswords
 - Kind of rock or candy
 - Like a Saturday crossword
 - Bad, like luck
 - Hardly a no-brainer
 - How you may find this puzzle
 - Like some ciders
 - No piece of cake
 - Fast partner
 - Like some copies and courts
 - Fatiguing
 - Word with boil or line
 - Difficult to solve
 - Flinty
 - Tricky
 - No walk in the park
 - Brain-bruising
 - Baffling
 - Strong
 - Fast companion
 - You might give this to someone you don't like
 - High on the Mohs scale
 - Ready to get down, in a way
 - Definitely not child's play
 - Very challenging
 - Demanding
 - Exhausting
 - Lacking empathy
 - Word before candy or copy
 - Copy type
 - Not squishy
 - Type of candy or cider
 - Stern
 - Like steel
 - Tough to figure out
 - Herculean
 - Like dried cement
 - Like some facts and stuff
 - Rigid
 - Not easily solved
 - Hurry ______(Skip's command)
 - With 60-Down, gotten by great effort
 - A____ lesson
 - Like a tough nut to crack
 - Like #4 pencils
 - Unlike a gut course
 - Part 3 of today's quote
 - Tough to learn
 - Fermented
 - Like verified facts
 - Difficult to deal with
 - Word with cash or candy
 - Merciless
 - Causing head-scratching
 - Cast iron
 - Daunting
 - Solid
 - Word before cash or copy
 - Like walnut shells
 - Like a rock and many a roll
 - Like jawbreakers
 - Like most clues that end with question marks
 - Far from easy
 - Obstinate
 - Challenging to figure out
 - Like Parmesan and pecorino
 - "A ___ Day's Night": Beatles song
 - Like some seltzers
 - #6
 - Word with copy or currency
 - Far from a walk in the park
 - Like a video game set to maximum difficulty
 - Like diamonds and calculus problems
 - Tough to do
 - Like a 1,000-piece monochromatic jigsaw puzzle
 - Like a coconut shell
 - Like a dried-out sponge
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 15, 2025
 - LA Times - June 03, 2025
 - New York Times - April 30, 2025
 - USA Today - April 18, 2025
 - New York Times - April 14, 2025
 - USA Today - January 06, 2025
 - USA Today - November 29, 2024
 - USA Today - October 21, 2024
 - LA Times - December 15, 2023
 - New York Times - October 26, 2023
 - LA Times - June 04, 2023
 - USA Today - March 30, 2023
 - New York Times - December 24, 2022
 - USA Today - November 15, 2022
 - USA Today - June 20, 2022
 - LA Times - January 27, 2022
 - USA Today - July 22, 2021
 - USA Today - July 01, 2021
 - LA Times - January 19, 2021
 - New York Times - January 10, 2021
 
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