A HARD NUT TO CRACK
Reading edition
By J. T. D.
Get out nutcracker, hammer, tongs and poker, for there are words in here that the English language doesn’t know it owns. J. T. D. is absolutely ruthless when it comes to cornering the odd and unusual word, and the unheard-of definition. This puzzle is included especially to show you to what lengths the innocent Cross Word can go when it tries.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Sanction 5 East Indian revenue collector 9 Reluctant 13 Miller’s-thumb (fish) 17 Pilfer 18 List 19 Largest known toad 20 Bird of thrush family 22 Large drinking cup 23 Drained 24 Persia 25 Pert. to the gums 27 Bow-like form 28 Knavish tricks 30 Coiling organ of climbing plant 32 Climbing shrub 33 Insoluble residue 35 Know or knows (obs.) 36 Boggy land 37 Asiatic country 38 Ancient Greek dialect 40 Aromatic medicinal leaves 44 Indefinite 47 Corner 48 Black 50 Presently 51 Early Teutonic land tenure 52 Drinking vessel 53 Provident 57 Piece of needlework 59 Located 63 In an unbalanced state 64 A charm (obs.) 66 French given name, male 67 Sward 68 Holly 69 East Indian cotton fabric 70 Precedence 72 Outfit 73 Small gastropod of gardens 74 East Indian plant used in making hats 75 Allowance in addition to tare 76 Sterile 78 Unqualified 80 Tiller 81 Pass swiftly 82 Islet 83 Pastry forms 87 Serving tray 90 Genus of orchids 93 Narrow opening 97 Presently (obs.) 98 A little while (Scot.) 99 Scar (obs.) 101 Part of type face projecting beyond the shank 102 Dark or purplish brown color 103 Pale brown color 104 Gibbon of the Malay peninsula 105 Tricky (slang) 107 Long inlet with diminishing depth 108 Presently 109 Ceremonial saddle horse 111 Wooded land 113 Inflate 115 Dandy 116 Spanish gypsy dance 117 Mohammedan cleric 119 Roumanian coin 120 Domain 123 Brush of twigs for sweeping 124 Pert. to the nostrils 126 Sound of metals struck together 130 Otherwise 131 Insane 132 Trifle 134 Inland sea, Asiatic Russia 135 Pluto 136 Venezuelan coin 140 Speak rapidly and indistinctly 144 Chemical suffix of a binary compound 145 Heavenly 147 European cedar producing medicinal oil 148 European bivalve used as food 149 Alarm bell 151 Biblical patriarch 152 Star in Pegasus constellation 153 Genus of the olives 154 Ethyl oxide 155 Perennial plant with a single wooded stem 156 Inhabitant of the Kurland peninsula 157 Small river duck 158 Check
VERTICAL
1 French hackney coach 2 Breed 3 Maple 4 Fling 5 Mayflower 6 Pigmentary nævus 7 Roman highway 8 Title of nobility 9 Immature pollack (Scot.) 10 Hideous being 11 Malayan for Sahib 12 Small number 13 Bear 14 Lounge 15 Subdivision of ancient Greek clan 16 Sarcastic 17 Untamed 21 Pert. to snow (obs.) 22 Balm (obs.) 26 Flat-headed inflorescence 29 Irregular lump 31 Arikara Indian 34 East Indian tree yielding a pungent oil 37 Torment 39 16th century clock in the form of a ship 41 Kind of lettuce 42 Venerable 43 Destroy a creation 44 Spiral architectural ornament 45 Addle (obs.) 46 Pikelike fish 47 Aught (obs.) 49 Fine silk net 52 Small gnat 53 Fling 54 Axillary 55 Part 56 Willingly 58 Food prepared from taro root 59 Bitter 60 Plant of lily family 61 Divulge 62 Test (slang) 65 Mechanical device to regulate flow 67 Dawdle (dial.) 71 Dig 73 Adhere 77 Rope to hoist a yard 79 Near (Scot.) 83 Furtive glance 84 South American Indian tribe 85 Earl (obs.) 86 Sniff 87 Food made from orchid tubers 88 At a distance 89 Redemption price 90 Enact 91 Plant of the iris family 92 Gastropod with spiral shell 93 Thin flexible blade 94 Crescent-shaped geometrical figure 95 Venerated image 96 Incline 100 Suffix denoting jurisdiction 105 Not concerted (mus.) 106 Enigma (obs.) 110 Gypsy 111 Genus of cattle 112 Attention 114 Dry (French) 116 Slender stalk 118 Violent wind of Southern France 120 Interpret (obs.) 121 Ignore 122 Agreement 123 Mine (Cornwall) 125 Small house 127 Sprung up 128 Time of greatest depression 129 Secluded narrow valley 131 Bale of raw silk 133 Become exhausted (colloq.) 136 Shade of blue 137 Web of a feather 138 Passage 139 Despoiled 140 Blemish 141 Whimper 142 Carbamide 143 Routine 146 Conjunction 150 Greek letter
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