Place of hard knocks? — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 4–letter crossword clue “Place of hard knocks?”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 24th Jan 2004. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Place of hard knocks?” is PATE (4 letters).
We last saw “Place of hard knocks?” in NYT Crossword on 24th Jan 2004.
The 4-letter answer for “Place of hard knocks?” is PATE.
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