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noun • fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base | ||||||||
| 38% | 3 | Tough ___ | ||||||
noun • Egyptian goddess of the sky • usually large hard-shelled seed • a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt • half the width of an em • a whimsically eccentric person • someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction • one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens verb • gather nuts | ||||||||
| 33% | 6 | Tough nut used for playing | ||||||
noun • the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut | ||||||||
Tough Nut Crossword Clue
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ACORN which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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ACORN
Updated: October 11, 2023
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| New York Times02 Oct 1996 | Across 20 | |
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