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noun • dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking | ||||||||
| 27% | 7 | Endless drudgery | ||||||
noun • an unchanging intonation | ||||||||
| 27% | 8 | Laborious drudgery | ||||||
noun • hard monotonous routine work | ||||||||
Preliminary Drudgery Crossword Clue
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SPADEWORK which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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SPADEWORK
Updated: October 11, 2023
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