Difficult (4)
'difficult' is the definition.
(I know that difficult can be written as hard)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for hard that I've seen before include "Newspaper's sure" , "Strenuous" , "Complicated" , "Tough; rigid" , "Resentment" .)
'difficult' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for troublesome that I've seen before include "Causing annoyance" , "Trying" , "likely to cause ructions" , "problematic" , "Causing difficulty" .)
'difficult' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for trying that I've seen before include "Annoying; sampling" , "Difficult - annoying" , "Vexatious - having a go" , "Stressful" , "Taxing" .)
'difficult' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for thorny that I've seen before include "Unpleasant" , "Bristling with perplexities" , "Prickly, problematic" , "Troublesome or difficult, like briars?" , "Problematic; spiny" .)
'difficult' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for knotty that I've seen before include "Convoluted" , "puzzling" , "Difficult - having hard lumps (of wood)" , "Gnarled - complicated" , "Awkward" .)
'difficult' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for ornery that I've seen before include "Cantankerous or mean (US)" , "Mean - stubborn" , "Difficult to deal with" , "Awkward" .)
'difficult' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for tricky that I've seen before include "Ticklish" , "Crafty or difficult" , "Awkwardly difficult" , "Not that easy" , "Crafty, cunning" .)