Clues for the word "ARDUOUS"
We've had 26 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 48 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on January 22, 2026.
Definition of arduous
- a. - Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
- a. - Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.
Referring Clues
- Backbreaking
- Herculean
- Difficult
- Trying
- Strenuous;requiring effort
- Demanding
- Laborious, gruelling
- Requiring great effort (7)
- Requiring great effort
- Demanding great effort
- Tough, hard-hearted couple, American
- Difficult turn in the road, perhaps, for us
- Strenuous
- Punishing
- Difficult to do
- Steep - hard
- Laborious
- A right pair - useless and exhausting
- A right pair America finds steep
- Daunting: strenuous
- Gruelling
- Difficult and tiring
- Back-breaking
- The formidable hard-hearted pair before us
- Harsh
- No walk in the park
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - January 22, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - July 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 10, 2025
- LA Times - January 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 30, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 27, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 15, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - February 21, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 22, 2024
- Your Life Choices - October 24, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - October 06, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 30, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - May 26, 2023
- Your Life Choices - April 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 05, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - December 04, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - November 24, 2022
- Your Life Choices - September 24, 2022
- Daily Quick - January 22, 2018
- New Zealand Herald - January 02, 2018
- Guardian Quick - August 12, 2017
- Daily Quick - July 12, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 06, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 06, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - November 21, 2016
- And in 18 more crossword puzzles...