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Hard Effort Metaphorically Crossword Clue

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noun

• salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

• agitation resulting from active worry

• condensation of moisture on a cold surface

• use of physical or mental energy; hard work

verb

• excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

31%4 Hit hard, metaphorically
noun

• endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

• a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

• an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found

• a vigorous blow

• a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

• ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun

• the act of hitting vigorously

verb

• sing loudly and forcefully

• deliver a blow to

• fasten with a belt

23%5 Where nothing happens, metaphorically
noun

• a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

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