| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PAINTS | Great effort | |
| EXERTION | Great effort | |
| STRIVE | Make great effort | |
| LUG | Carry with great effort | |
| HARDEARNED | Obtained by great effort | |
| HARDWON | Gained with great effort | |
| WREST | Obtain by great effort | |
| STRAINING | Putting great effort into screening process | |
| HEAVE | Lift or move with a great effort | |
| WALLOP | To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop. | |
| EXERT | Make a great effort to halve the exercise with team leader | |
| SPLURGE | A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display. | |
| STRUGGLE | Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. | |
| TUG | To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. | |
| FORCED | Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. | |
| STRAIN | To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument. | |
| SLIGHT | ...e; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a ... | |