Answer: GRADGRIND
The answer GRADGRIND has 10 possible clues. See the results below.
Possible Clues:
- Protagonist of 13 gets new grid, about 1,000 pounds
- Harsh Dickensian Dr — niggard, sadly
- Dickensian character of rag playing at close of 8
- One rigidly sticking to rules he's imposing about grid construction
- Successful student gets hard work in hard times
- Leading character in 'Hard Times', by Charles Dickens
- Merchant in Hard Times (Dickens)
- Splendid network in Spooner's writing for character of 28
- Dickens's 'facts' schoolteacher
- 'Facts' fanatic (Hard Times)
Last seen in:
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- The Times - Specialist - Times Literary Supplement 795 - July 17, 2009
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- The Times - Concise - Times2 Jumbo 284 - June 28, 2008
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,769 - May 18 2006
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 2719 - July 30, 2002
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,324 - Sep 26 2001
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,324 - Sep 26 2001