Hard Confectionery Made With Nuts Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BRITTLE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: BRITTLE

Updated: October 13, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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1	99%	7		Exact Match!
2	38%	4		Hard confectionery made in sticks
3	34%	5		A confectionery typically made with chocolate and nuts

We think the answer is "BRITTLE" which means:

noun

• Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

adjective satellite

• Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
• Lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
• (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured

adjective

• Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.
• Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
• Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
• Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
• Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.

An example sentence would be:

• "The dry leaves were brittle and crumbled under my feet."
• "My grandmother's bones became brittle as she aged."

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	Clue	Source
1	A confectionery typically made with chocolate and nuts
2	Ate nuts, nuts causing an illness The Guardian Everyman - 31 Aug 2008	The Guardian Everyman / 31 Aug 2008
3	confectionery made of caramelised sugar The Guardian Quick - 02 Apr 2021	The Guardian Quick / 02 Apr 2021
4	Hard confectionery made in sticks The Guardian Quick - 23 Jan 2017	The Guardian Quick / 23 Jan 2017
5	It's nuts about nuts New York Times - 06 Jun 1992	New York Times / 06 Jun 1992
6	Stock up, maybe, with hard confectionery The Guardian Quiptic - 10 Jun 2013	The Guardian Quiptic / 10 Jun 2013
7	The nuts are often used in confectionery and as a flavoring

Frangible
Easily fractured
Nutty confection
Peanut candy
Easy to break
This country dweller, let loose, is apt to snap
Like objects dipped in liquid nitrogen
Easily snapped
Easily broken

Peanutty candy
Type of toffee made with nuts
Peanut __ (crunchy candy)
Frail UK citizen is going to broadcast
UK citizen stands by Labour leader boxed in by Trotskyite extremes, likely to snap
Type of hard toffee
Meaning fragile or easily snapped, a nougatine-like confection of almond/peanuts set in caramelised sugar, cracked before serving
French cheese sandwiches dry, large and fragile
Fragile

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