Painstaking
Crossword Clue & Answers

26 November 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 46 answers for the crossword clue 'Painstaking', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Painstaking a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Painstaking as an answer itself some 31 times.

Painstaking is a single word clue made up of 11 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Thursday, 02 December 2021 with the answer being DILIGENT, we also found DILIGENT to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 2 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 23 Sep 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 22 May 2021
• The Guardian Quick - 16 Mar 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 15 Jan 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 14 Oct 2020
• The Guardian Quick - 5 Jan 2019

Definitions and usage

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• Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

Crossword Answers

5 Letters

CLOSE
The concluding part of any performance

EXACT
Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"

FUSSY
Exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"

PAINS
An effortful attempt to attain a goal

RIGID
Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

6 Letters

SEVERE
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

7 Letters

CAREFUL
Mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"

HEEDFUL
Giving attention

HEEDFUL
Giving attention

OPEROSE
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

PAINFUL
Causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

8 Letters

DILIGENT
Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"

INDUSTRY
The organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"

PUNCTUAL
Acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment"

SEDULOUS
Marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"

STUDIOUS
Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

THOROUGH
Performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"

9 Letters

ASSIDUITY
Great and constant diligence and attention

ASSIDUITY
Great and constant diligence and attention

ASSIDUOUS
Marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"

ASSIDUOUS
Marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"

DILIGENCE
A diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application"

ELABORATE
Marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

LABORIOUS
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

SQUEAMISH
Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"

10 Letters

DELIBERATE
Think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

DELIBERATE
Think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

METHODICAL
Characterized by method and orderliness; "a methodical scholar"

METICULOUS
Marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

PARTICULAR
(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

SCIENTIFIC
Conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach"

SCIENTIFIC
Conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach"

SCRUPULOUS
Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

11 Letters

INDUSTRIOUS
Characterized by hard work and perseverance

PUNCTILIOUS
Marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

PUNCTILIOUS
Marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

12 Letters

CONSCIONABLE
Acceptable to your conscience

SEDULOUSNESS
The quality of being constantly diligent and attentive

THOROUGHNESS
Conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task

13 Letters

ASSIDUOUSNESS
Great and constant diligence and attention

CONSCIENTIOUS
Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

INDEFATIGABLE
Showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"

THOROUGHGOING
Performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"

15 Letters

INDUSTRIOUSNESS
Persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"

PAINSTAKINGNESS
The trait of being painstaking and careful

17 Letters

THOROUGHGOINGNESS