Clues for the word "TRYING"
We've had 38 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 63 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on November 13, 2025.
Definition of trying
- p. pr. & vb. n. - of Try
- a. - Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position.
Referring Clues
- Testing
- Difficult
- Testing, as one's patience
- Making an effort
- Extremely irritating
- Hard to endure
- Stressful
- Exasperating
- Tough to endure
- Irksome
- Burdensome
- Straining patience
- Attempting
- Vexatious
- Having a go is troublesome
- Difficult - annoying
- Straining one's patience
- Vexatious - having a go
- Causing strain
- Hearing is difficult
- Attempting something difficult
- Irksome knotting around river
- Difficult courtroom procedure?
- Difficult court process
- Being judgmental can be so tiresome
- Vexatious runaway finally discovered in Tring
- Bothersome
- Causing strain, annoying
- Testing hearing
- Difficult hearing
- Being troublesome on purpose?
- Tiresome magistrates get used to it
- Doing one's best to be a nuisance
- Attempting to be troublesome?
- Doing one's best to be irksome
- Being difficult on purpose?
- Attempting to be tedious
- Having a go
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 14, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 02, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 04, 2024
- New York Times - December 03, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - September 25, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 25, 2023
- LA Times - May 28, 2023
- Daily Quick - April 26, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 28, 2023
- Daily Quick - January 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 28, 2022
- Daily Quick - December 08, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - November 19, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - September 19, 2022
- Guardian Everyman - January 07, 2018
- Daily Quick - January 04, 2018
- Netword - December 28, 2017
- Universal - December 13, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - September 25, 2017
- Daily Quick - August 25, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - July 29, 2017
- And in 33 more crossword puzzles...