Preliminary Toil Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 12, 2023

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	noun • dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking
	23%	9		Completing a task with much toil
	adverb • in an arduous manner
	23%	10		Sweat and toil
	noun • hard monotonous routine work

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Telegraph Cross Atlantic13 Mar 2023	Down 9
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