The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HANDFUL
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More clues leading to the result HANDFUL
- Bananas: food without energy? That's a nuisance
- Had fun going off to Luxembourg with children that are difficult to control
- Small amount that’s not easy to deal with
- Henry adopts fund, exchanging halves to make a small number
- A troublesome quantity though not beyond your grasp
- Watch part of Nosferatu and feel, ultimately, a pain in the neck
- Taxing one’s pitiful amount?
- Worker almost loaded — one’s difficult to control
- Little hard with coal perhaps lacking energy
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What does HANDFUL mean?
HANDFUL noun- The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
- A hand's breadth; four inches.
- A small number, usually approximately five.
- A group or number of things; a bunch.
- Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
- A five-year prison sentence.