Pulling with effort

The answer to “Pulling with effort” in the Thomas Joseph crossword is LUGGING — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on July 22, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 15-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Pulling with effort” answer

LUGGING (7 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is LUGGING.

Why the answer is LUGGING

Hauling something heavy along takes this kind of strenuous effort. 💪

What does LUGGING mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of LUGGING is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Pulling with effort” appeared?

Thomas Joseph reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 22, 2026 (most recent) → LUGGING. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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