Burden
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

TAX
Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

4 letters

BANE
Something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"

DEBT
An obligation to pay or do something

LADE
Fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"

DRAG
The act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"

ONUS
An onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

LOAD
Goods carried by a large vehicle

YOKE
Support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

CORE
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"

GIST
The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

ONUS

5 letters

CHORE
A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"

6 letters

SADDLE
Posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl

WEIGHT
An oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"

EFFECT
An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"

CHARGE
A special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"

7 letters

BURTHEN
A variant of `burden'

ESSENCE
A toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

LOADING
The labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.; "the loading took 2 hours"

INCUBUS
A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women

OPPRESS
Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

8 letters

HARDSHIP
Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

ENCUMBER
Hold back

9 letters

MILLSTONE
One of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

10 letters

WEIGHTDOWN
Weight down with a load

IMPOSITION
The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

11 letters

INCUMBRANCE
Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

ENCUMBRANCE
Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome