The Clue
" . . . ___ and trouble": Shak. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TOIL
Tags
Notes
The answer TOIL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
Drudge
Drudgery
Exertion
Grind
Labor
Plod
Sweat
Travail
" . . . ___ and trouble"
"___ and trouble"
Work
A Churchill offering
Emulate Tillie
Great exertion
Hard labor
Hard work
Helot's lot
Labor slavishly
Plug away
Serf's lot
Slave away
Sweat and strain
Trouble's partner
Work hard
Ditch-digging, e.g.
"Double, double ___ and trouble"
Hoe and weed, e.g.
Trouble's partner, in Shakespeare
It's not light work
Oft-forgotten member of a Churchill quartet
Definition
TOIL as a noun:
1. (labor, labour, toil) = productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
TOIL as a verb:
1. (labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil) = work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"