Worked (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">worked</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(to ply is to work with a tool)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for plied that I've seen before include "Did regularly cross" , "Worked steadily at (a trade)" , "Regularly went" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">worked</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(toiling is a kind of working)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for toiled that I've seen before include "Struggled long and hard" , "Worked long and hard" , "Worked incessantly" , "Worked laboriously and long" , "Laboued long and hard" .)