The Clue
The old nine-to-five (5 letter answer)
The Answer
GRIND
Tags
Notes
The answer GRIND is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 750 puzzles.
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Drudgery
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Pulverize
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Nine-to-five routine
Same old routine
Definition
GRIND as a noun:
1. (swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb) = an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively
2. (drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork) = hard monotonous routine work
3. (grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation) = the act of grinding to a powder or dust
GRIND as a verb:
1. (crunch, cranch, craunch, grind) = press or grind with a crunching noise
2. (grate, grind) = make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
3. (grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute) = reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
4. (labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil) = work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
5. dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
6. created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl"
7. shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"